Not everything is worth a Facebook post

By Johanne Macob

MANY, or okay, some, of today’s people are so obsessed with sharing everything in their social media accounts. When one gets a job promotion, all his or her social media friends get the news immediately. When there’s a new gadget, one has to upload a picture of it. While on a vacation, a check-in status will greet everyone on Facebook. An exploration of a new restaurant doesn’t begin with tasting but with pictures and posting of the food. More so, when there’s an update on one’s relationship status, there has to be a special post on it.

I, too, am guilty of the above habits. I like sharing good news, happy events, tasty food, beautiful sceneries, among others. I want my cyber friends to get to experience the happiness I feel from the things I shared. I love sharing good vibes. I see nothing wrong in people sharing the same online. Perhaps, there’s that subtle self-serving value on it, but for most part, the intention is to share something good about one’s self, and about one’s experiences with their ‘friends’ who they couldn’t be with in person. I think this is the very reason of Facebook’s existence.

However, there, too, are the bad, insensitive and controversial issues matters (except for the sharing of news for the sole purpose of informing the public).. I’ve read posts on someone’s rant about another. I have read someone’s personal problems in relationships. I have also seen work-related issues. There’s nothing directly wrong about these posts but having heard people’s various reactions to these kinds of posts, I must say that there are things we should keep in our lives private, particularly when we are talking about problems or issues that concern other peoples’ lives.

We have to realize the fact, yes, fact not opinion, that some of those who actually write comments on your controversial posts are not entirely concerned about your situation but are just feeding their curiosity, or their weird habit for ‘chismis.’ We have to remember that Facebook posts are public and our posts reach and affect those who have nothing to do with your issue. Besides, there’s always that option for a private message – if the message is meant for a particular person, then why not send that person a pm instead? Not everyone has to know details of your personal issues.

Then, there are also posts or shares of posts that criticize others with no basis, just for the sake of starting a fight between parties. In such cases, people are have taken their freedom of expression to the extreme. Yes, we all have the right to voice out, or in this case, to post our opinions however, we must keep in mind that social media posts spread real fast, so we have to be really careful with what we put on them. As they say, your freedom ends where another’s freedom begins. Why can’t we be okay with us sharing good stuff, instead? Sensitivity is the key here.

We need not share everything on Facebook. We should learn this lesson. Nonetheless, if we were to post something on a daily basis, for one reason or another, I think it won’t hurt anyone to share good vibes, instead! The physical world we are living in presents a lot of harshness already, so why don’t we let our experience in the social media be a good one?

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