I
just want to address a well-known issue: the power of words- especially through
social media. You see cyber bullying
EVERYWHERE nowadays and I think that’s a major issue in today’s society. Attacking people through the internet is
cowardly and it creates a ripple. If you
can’t address something to someone’s face, then why do it? Anonymously hurting someone does nothing but
makes you look dumb. When one person
writes/types one thing, it can cause a lot of damage to not just one person,
but many. It tears people down and pushes
people to terrible places.
I’ve
seen people post videos on YouTube just for fun and to make other people happy,
but there’s just one problem; there’s a comment section. There will always be people who are very
egocentric and who will always criticize anything and everyone. People are choosing to put snippets of their
lives on the internet because they enjoy it, and so do others. People like Zoella have addressed the issue
and Zoella blogged about it (like I am)
It’s
not just YouTube. People get harassed
through Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, etc.
One fad of 2013 was an app called Ask.fm. You could ask people questions anonymously
and when you answered them, they appeared on your profile page. Obviously it was a very bad invention. Just describing it makes me realize what a
mistake it was. It was giving people the
opportunity to hide their identity and hurt people. I feel like people are always going to find a
way through the internet to cause unnecessary problems and when you’re a
teenager especially, what people say matters.
You
have to think before you speak (or type).
What if you found out someone was hurting them because of a comment you
posted? Would you feel guilty? I hope so.
That’s not something to just brush off, we’re all humans. Of course everyone is entitled to their own
opinions and you should feel free to speak them—without hurting others.
It’s
in everyone’s best interest if we all look at things from multiple points of
view before acting, make a good choice.
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