I'm a relative newcomer to Facebook having resisted it for so long. However I dipped my toe in a few months ago and boy, knowing that I'm mixing my metaphors, I've been burnt.
What I thought was a jokey comment about a cute baby pig photo unleashed a torrent of posts from upset vegetarians. Quite right too. It was a silly, unthinking thing to do. However it is a lesson learnt.
Another comment I made was about feminism and the need for sisterhood and not doing other women down. Again, this released a number of posts suggesting that by saying this I was somehow advocating that we do men down. I certainly said no such thing but realised that comment to an audience of (mostly) strangers who do not know me, my life, my politics and so on means that I either have to shut up or develop a thick skin. I'm still thinking about that choice. I also briefly considered closing my account down but decided that being in contact with friends and seeing what they're up to is great. I just need to be more aware that the friends of my friends are not my friends too.
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