So much to say, so many places to say it but does anyone really listen?
I am struggling with the social media world. Since November I have only posted a few things on Facebook. All three posts to promote our new mountain bike team but nothing personal. I used to post daily. I had an experience that just pushed me to silence. I feel like a hypocrite to turn around and blog.
Then I realized I don't write for you, I need to write for me. It is an escape for the introvert. We constantly watch people and analyze life, I need to write. I choose blogger because if forces me to write, edit and publish. I started blogging before I started my Facebook account.
For the most part my biggest issue with social media is the lies. The gossip. The posting of things that are kinda true but not. When I challenged people to stop posting negative things and be the good, I was astounded by someones response and bulldog attitude with multiple comments and some comments were just mean spirited. I was offering a positive outlook on a negative situation and I felt belittled by a "friend".
Facebook is so great at times and so horrible at times too. Instant misinformation. Instant fuel to a fire. Sometimes there isn't a fire until it shows up on Facebook.
I wonder sometimes about people and their public justifications in their life posted on social media. Do they ever think of the long term effects of their post. I'm talking gossip train, post and reposted. Never stoping to think or find out if it is true, is it helpful, is it necessary to even repost. Electronic gossip.
Let me give you some back ground information with out much detail because in my option the details are not worth repeating. A post in on the parent PTSA page is made. Hundreds of parents are now afraid and they should be concerned about the post. I do not Facebook 24/7 so I had no idea what is going on when I dropped my sweet darling off at school the next morning.
I come home to FB frenzy. I didn't panic, I call the school. I asked questions and I was satisfied with the response. They (the powers that be) had already taken measures and had taken care of the problem the night before. How? I don't care. I was satisfied knowing there were extra people on campus. Most people started showing up to the school to take their kids home. I texted my daughter during her lunch and she felt safe so I left her at school. At this point there are a ton of comments and just good old hysteria.
Mercy the social media was so out of control the local news papers caught on quick. They have people trolling what you post (another thing I don't think people think about). Which then turned into the news going to a students Facebook page where they had posted a fight information shared by a parent (which was not even the original concern). You bet it made the news. It was an uncontrollable wild fire. The video of the fight was clearly staged because kids had their phones out recording before the fight even started.
So the next day people without students from the school start posting negative things about our school. They don't have kids that go there, they don't receive school updates via email, they have no business posting (my opinion). The ones that make me so dazed are the ones that live in the school zone and justify their choice to homeschool via negative news. Again, do you think about things before you post? Great you homeschool (I've done it too) but your negative comments about your zoned school does affect your house price. So good job, you are justifying your actions but shooting yourself in the foot at the same time. Who wants to live near a school with issues? Even if they are not 100% real issues people only remember the bad in the news. Not the 10 times as many good things that happen at the school, just the bad.
Is the school perfect, it is a public high school so my answer is no. Is any institution run by the government perfect? I mean let's get real people. The constant mean mom mob mentality needs to stop. There are some moms that post so much negative I wonder if they are ever happy with anything in life. There is no reason to post something like, "I'm so glad my kid doesn't got to school XYZ." I can assure you your school is not perfect either.
I am a firm believer that if you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. I also think there are three sides to every story. Your side, my side and the truth is somewhere in the middle. Facebook is not the place to find out the truth.
I am struggling with the social media world. Since November I have only posted a few things on Facebook. All three posts to promote our new mountain bike team but nothing personal. I used to post daily. I had an experience that just pushed me to silence. I feel like a hypocrite to turn around and blog.
Then I realized I don't write for you, I need to write for me. It is an escape for the introvert. We constantly watch people and analyze life, I need to write. I choose blogger because if forces me to write, edit and publish. I started blogging before I started my Facebook account.
For the most part my biggest issue with social media is the lies. The gossip. The posting of things that are kinda true but not. When I challenged people to stop posting negative things and be the good, I was astounded by someones response and bulldog attitude with multiple comments and some comments were just mean spirited. I was offering a positive outlook on a negative situation and I felt belittled by a "friend".
Facebook is so great at times and so horrible at times too. Instant misinformation. Instant fuel to a fire. Sometimes there isn't a fire until it shows up on Facebook.
I wonder sometimes about people and their public justifications in their life posted on social media. Do they ever think of the long term effects of their post. I'm talking gossip train, post and reposted. Never stoping to think or find out if it is true, is it helpful, is it necessary to even repost. Electronic gossip.
Let me give you some back ground information with out much detail because in my option the details are not worth repeating. A post in on the parent PTSA page is made. Hundreds of parents are now afraid and they should be concerned about the post. I do not Facebook 24/7 so I had no idea what is going on when I dropped my sweet darling off at school the next morning.
I come home to FB frenzy. I didn't panic, I call the school. I asked questions and I was satisfied with the response. They (the powers that be) had already taken measures and had taken care of the problem the night before. How? I don't care. I was satisfied knowing there were extra people on campus. Most people started showing up to the school to take their kids home. I texted my daughter during her lunch and she felt safe so I left her at school. At this point there are a ton of comments and just good old hysteria.
Mercy the social media was so out of control the local news papers caught on quick. They have people trolling what you post (another thing I don't think people think about). Which then turned into the news going to a students Facebook page where they had posted a fight information shared by a parent (which was not even the original concern). You bet it made the news. It was an uncontrollable wild fire. The video of the fight was clearly staged because kids had their phones out recording before the fight even started.
So the next day people without students from the school start posting negative things about our school. They don't have kids that go there, they don't receive school updates via email, they have no business posting (my opinion). The ones that make me so dazed are the ones that live in the school zone and justify their choice to homeschool via negative news. Again, do you think about things before you post? Great you homeschool (I've done it too) but your negative comments about your zoned school does affect your house price. So good job, you are justifying your actions but shooting yourself in the foot at the same time. Who wants to live near a school with issues? Even if they are not 100% real issues people only remember the bad in the news. Not the 10 times as many good things that happen at the school, just the bad.
Is the school perfect, it is a public high school so my answer is no. Is any institution run by the government perfect? I mean let's get real people. The constant mean mom mob mentality needs to stop. There are some moms that post so much negative I wonder if they are ever happy with anything in life. There is no reason to post something like, "I'm so glad my kid doesn't got to school XYZ." I can assure you your school is not perfect either.
I am a firm believer that if you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. I also think there are three sides to every story. Your side, my side and the truth is somewhere in the middle. Facebook is not the place to find out the truth.
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