What’s Acceptable and Non-Acceptable to Discuss on Social Media
I’ve been using various forms of social media to chat with friends, family members, other moms, home business owners, bloggers, etc. for the past 12 years. I was hanging out on social media sites before it even became popular. I was a big user 15 years ago on wahm and mom chat forums that were hosted all over the web.
Fast forward several years and now you’ll find social media sites like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, Snapchat and others. These type’s of sites draw in millions of users every day.
Over the past 2-3 years I’ve seen a trend that I absolutely HATE, hence my “IRK OFF SHELLY” topic for this week.
Why in the hell do people (especially women) feel the need to air out their family’s dirty laundry all over social media? In particular, I’m talking about Facebook and Twitter? Sure, we all get upset and pissed off at our spouses, children, friends, family members, co-workers, neighbors, etc., but why are you broadcasting your dirty laundry on social media??? What’s the purpose of this???
I’m an older and more mature woman and I absolutely HATE seeing this! I don’t want to read about your spouse cheating on you and how you plan to get your revenge! I don’t want to read about your latest night out partying and how you got arrested for getting into a brawl. I don’t want to hear about how this family member or that friend is screwing you over, what they did and how you’re going to make them suffer for it! I certainly don’t want to read about what you and so & so do in your bedroom either! Gross and disgusting!
I understand pain. I understand hurt, anger and deception. I understand that you may need to talk to someone and get it all out. However, I don’t understand why people feel the need to broadcast their family business allover social media? What ever happened to keeping some of your issues private and between the people who are involved? What about contacting your close associates via email or private message and talking privately with them instead of torturing the rest of us and making yourself look like an unclassy fool?
Frankly, I find it all very embarrassing, immature and definitely UNCLASSY for those who are doing it, which is mainly the younger generation with most being women. I think you should keep your family drama off of social media as broadcasting it all over the place causes more harm than good for the people who are involved. Second, your followers don’t want to read all about your drama and dirty-little scandals going on in your life. Well, at least that’s my opinion. Third, acting this way solves NOTHING and actually makes the issue worse.
So, let’s hear your opinion on this topic. Do you find this type of behavior acceptable or unacceptable?
