Blog Post #2

As part of "the next batch of up and comers," I feel that it really is a becoming a growing concern. I make fun of my friends and tease them about things, I mean that's what we do, but it never got to the point where we insulted each other in order to make others laugh. We never made each other a joke in order to be seen as "funny" or "cool" by others. I don't usually look at things like "mean tweets," and neither do I go around searching up the next funniest vines. I'm not really up-to-date on things like that because of this. At the same time though, I tend to get the gists being made when others speak about it. I guess you could say wasn't completely out of the loop, but at the same time I wasn't completely into it as well.

I don't think these tweets will go away on their own. Lately, everything on twitter is the next biggest thing. Including "twitter beef," people are constantly on this social media website, reading about the next coolest thing to watch, or the next greatest song to be listening to. Everyone's opinions affect others, and reading people tweet at each other, argue and fight has become one of the most amusing things one could ever do on the internet. I think it's terrible, what we have become. It's something that's beyond anyone's control and we aren't necessarily able to stop it all at once, either.

Twittet is a space where people are able to "tweet" about their lives, and talk about whatever they want to. It's a space where people are able to freely express themselves and speak their mind. This is why Twitter is so essential for certain people. I feel like putting laws on the site will mess everything up. Also having it checked and governed may be an issue as well, becaude it forces us to actually think about what we're about to say. It defeats the main reason why people use twitter in the first place. It would create a lot of discomfort for many people, because we would basically be taking away their freedom of speech.

Though I say this, at the same time I don't think we should do nothing about it either. I mean, people get hated on always, no matter what. I don't think that that will ever change. What I'm thinking about though, is how we can change the open hate for others that is floating around everywhere nowadays. When did it become okay for people to make fun of others and become widely-known, while embarassing and humiliating their friends? I don't think it should be okay for this to happen as often as it does, but at the same time I'm not too sure myself, how to fix and change it. I'm at my wits end.