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That is a very good point. But, I think one must consider the context and medium of a statement. For example, personally if I read a book and I hated it I would
by vouaobrasil 4y ago
That is a very good point. But, I think one must consider the context and medium of a statement. For example, personally if I read a book and I hated it I wouldn't go on Amazon and say "hey this book was trash", whereas I would say that to a friend. The problem is, posting something on Twitter or publicly is *not* saying it *just* to a friend, but rather to your friends and possibly many other people
I think it's just common courtesy to be more restrained in a more public setting. Just like I wouldn't say "hey this book was trash" to the author's face, because that's a possibility when posting online. Also, when you say something online, it's easy to take something out of context, like a joke. Therefore, isn't it reasonable and decent to be a bit more restrained when posting on a medium with a wider reach?
- dale_glass 4y agoTrue, but I think that also needs us getting used to it. For example Twitter can be very public or quite tight knit depending on how you use it, and you can move between spheres pretty much by accident. Respond to the wrong person, use a popular #tag, and suddenly you went from talking to your 10 friends to the entire world. Or even somebody else can do that to you, if some well connected person thinks your take was hilarious and retweets it.