Maybe Stop Sharing So Much…
Do the people who constantly share incendiary comments they don’t agree with really not know what they’re doing?
Someone writes something that is meant only for the purpose of being shared; keeping their name out there by continually being “crazy” and “shocking.” Then a zillion people share/Retweet, aghast: “how dare that person (Congressperson/tech mogul/ex-President, mostly) say that?!!!” “What’s wrong with that person?!!!”
Or even worse: “If you agree with me that what that person said is abhorrent, and that person should be impeached/deplatformed/some form of neutered, please Retweet this.”
Then those zillion people are at the very least answering their own question, and at worst piggybacking on that despicable person’s Twitter, etc. acumen to raise their own profile.
Oh, let’s stop being polite and shift to 2nd person here: You are also compelling myriad media outlets (many also looking to boost their own #s), to write about the “simmering social media controversy”, giving that first person with a horrid post even more publicity.
Don’t you get it? That’s what that person wants. That’s exactly what they want. That’s why they do it. They only don’t score if they’re muted. The volume of people angry with them doesn’t…
