Addicted to Social Media

With an avid thirst for knowledge, I tend to seek that knowledge; when the pain gets too severe as I believe self education can be used for a positive focus. In this twenty-first century society, a global establishment, social media has changed the way in which we function on the Internet. As a social media journalist, I often use my boredom and pain to seek knowledge about technology and social media; my two most preferred interests at current. I ran across an article today via social bookmarking medim, claiming to boycott Twitter; the reasoning behind this boycott the fact that Charles Manson held a fake profile and that there was a Twitter user with a username of “Satan”.

Myself, I am an opinionated young woman and I hold a high respect the people who develop their own individual opinions; and share those opinions. However, I am against social media ignorance. I myself have been involved in claiming  “boycotts” of either a product, software, utility, and/or service. Recently my loathing for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer resulted in a detailed blog about the use of a better browser; Firefox. In this blog I gave facts, links, and expressed opinions in why I believe that Microsoft’s IE should be boycotted; by those Internet lovers who love to indulge in the test of new software. However, I would never claim a boycott as a single person not involved in a group; giving no statistical facts with a basis being that Charles Manson dupes and the username of Satan can be allowed on the product.. — to be honest even with a group never would I claim this moronic ignorance.

Personally, I believe the writer of this “freelance boycott” was angry; that anger at herself for her own personal gullibility. Punished for his crimes, for his role in brain washing that lead to murders of the innocent, Charles Manson is serving a life sentence and logically has never set a first glance on the Internet; by date of creation and widespread use. With Satan being a phantom mantis, like one of a ghost I assume, logically there couldn’t be a usage of the Internet; personally I would think that this place “hell” would be far to hot for functioning computers and server connections…

This user went on to claim that she called the prison that houses Mr. Manson and was told that prisoners do obtain items in prison illegally; an answer to what I believe to be the writers belligerent query of “how did a prisoner [Charles Manson] obtain this device [Twitterberry]”; with every call, the call and complaint in question is taken seriously at the time of the call — prison officals must act proper, professional, and with respect. After the call they can laugh, knowing it is not possible; either because of prisoner, death row, or simple occurrences such as no Wi-Fi to the prisoners in cells — in this event I can only bet they laughed for days. Then she stated the ones to blame are the “groupies” that follow these people; my opinion is that the freedom of humanity on the Internet is to follow who you like, how you like, when you like. Random people, who are not versed in another’s stupidity of false claims against fake people, are not to blame for that stupidity; the blame again should be directed only to the suspect who believes and suffers from gullibility.

Twitter is a remarkable social network, I have been involved heavy in Twitter as a journalist since it’s mainstream media transition. I have personal experience with, and personal relationships with, those who work with their team of support; I know for a fact Twitter’s Service is top rated for those with legitimate claims. Twitter also responds well to the complainers that create incoherent claims for attention, such as this writer, as she claimed she did get a Twitter service response — one that said “This user is a fake and there is nothing to worry about” . You cannot base a boycott of a multimillion user network without supportive facts; those facts must concern a group and that group must declare a boycott. A a single person boycott is just, well, rather useless. I am one who protects my own online identity, and this I highly recommend for everyone concerned with Internet safety; as this “article”, or piece of garbage, makes me thankful that my real identity is in protective care — Lord forbid a play pretend facade contacts me to fluff up my dander, or the author to a boycott claim no better than that to line my bird cage with — as recycling matters!

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