[LJ Idol 10: Week 8] Strict social media policy
I have multiple places where I am an online presence, sometimes under different names and for different purposes.
This one rule applies to all of them. Perhaps it's less relevant on LiveJournal, where "sharing" or "reposting" or "reblogging" or "retweeting" isn't really a thing we do so much. It's definitely relevant to Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr, though, and I spend a good bit of time in all of those places.
I do not reblog on demand.
Ever.
No, not even for you.
No, not even for that cause.
"Can I just ask everyone to do me this one favor...?"
No. No, you can't.
"I can't believe this doesn't have more notes!"
Believe it, because you're not getting one from me.
"Come on, all you [privileged in a relevant way] people who say you're on the side of [marginalized in a relevant way] people!"
NOPE.
"I never do this, really, but this one time it's just SO important..."
I don't care if you're literally my best friend and you literally believe this is life-saving. NOPE. Not even once.
See, here's the thing. If I break this rule, ever, even once, then any time I happen to scroll by something or just not see something because guess what, I'm actually not on line all the time...? Then I'm the bad guy who cares more about the thing I happened to see and repost than the thing I didn't happen to see, even if the opposite is actually true.
The other thing is that this is just a shitty, shitty guilt trip to put on people. "Don't you CARE?! Well, PROVE IT!"
No. If you know me, you have some idea of what it is that I care about.
If you want to get to know me, this is not the way to do it.
This one rule applies to all of them. Perhaps it's less relevant on LiveJournal, where "sharing" or "reposting" or "reblogging" or "retweeting" isn't really a thing we do so much. It's definitely relevant to Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr, though, and I spend a good bit of time in all of those places.
I do not reblog on demand.
Ever.
No, not even for you.
No, not even for that cause.
"Can I just ask everyone to do me this one favor...?"
No. No, you can't.
"I can't believe this doesn't have more notes!"
Believe it, because you're not getting one from me.
"Come on, all you [privileged in a relevant way] people who say you're on the side of [marginalized in a relevant way] people!"
NOPE.
"I never do this, really, but this one time it's just SO important..."
I don't care if you're literally my best friend and you literally believe this is life-saving. NOPE. Not even once.
See, here's the thing. If I break this rule, ever, even once, then any time I happen to scroll by something or just not see something because guess what, I'm actually not on line all the time...? Then I'm the bad guy who cares more about the thing I happened to see and repost than the thing I didn't happen to see, even if the opposite is actually true.
The other thing is that this is just a shitty, shitty guilt trip to put on people. "Don't you CARE?! Well, PROVE IT!"
No. If you know me, you have some idea of what it is that I care about.
If you want to get to know me, this is not the way to do it.