As I was going to write a rageful comment on a random post by a random person on Facebook, I realised something.
If someone told me in real life the exact same thing as that post, what would I do? I would say the least amount of words possible to stay polite and flee the scene. I know not to engage with idiots in the real world.
But when it comes to social media, I was constantly engaging with idiots. That’s why I wasn’t feeling good after spending time on social media. I am choosy about whom I engage with in real life; I should emulate the same on social media too.
(In my defence, this was not an issue in the initial days of social media. I only have sensible people as my connections; they don’t post garbage. With every social network promoting everything from outside the user’s own network, chancing upon random garbage has become more frequent.)
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