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Social media platforms are a cesspool because people hide behind a computer and are not in front of your face. If most of these people were in front of you, they wouldn’t say half of what they say on social media.

With that being said, I believe in free speech, whether I like what someone is saying or not, and we should not be policing it unless there is a valid threat made against someone or a group of people.

Once upon a time there used to be things that if you didn’t like you didn’t read it, you didn’t look at it, You didn’t listen to it, but now people are screaming because you don’t agree with them as if everyone should agree.

I do believe family members disagree, but they still love each other and they can still have conversations with each other. I honestly don’t understand the concept of everyone having to agree with what someone else says.

Maybe our media and our government should stop being so divisive and maybe some of this would cool down a little bit because a lot of this comes from both of those places.

With all of that being said, I for one stay off most of social media because of some of the vile things said or the it’s all about me mentality and that is for all of the platforms not just on X formerly Twitter.

Lastly, who are the powers that be that get to decide what misinformation or hate speech is? This is now deemed as “I don’t agree with you”, so you’re spreading misinformation or hate speech. Is Our lying government and media or some other biased person to decide this?

People should honestly understand that our government and media are not looking out for them nor are they being honest and unbiased! Just remember what these people did during Covid and how they silenced anyone questioning the narrative!

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This is great. In my day job I run a marketing communications firm that specializes in public policy and public interest legal work.

Sometimes it’s hard when the people who are “successful “on Twitter are screaming and yelling when an organization or an individual person is quietly doing excellent work and not acting like a crazy person.

I appreciated this piece because it kind of affirmed what I felt in my gut is that it’s OK to not be “good “it’s social media. Whether it’s for our personal lives or for our work, we can quietly build meaningful relationships in real life and cultivate a small audience on social media.

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