When to Reply on Social Media- and When To Not... Sometimes the best thing to do is to just keep mute...isn't it?
An interesting read for me when I stumbled on the article “When to Reply on Social Media- and When To Not… Sometimes the best thing to do on Twitter or Facebook is to just shutup…isn’t it?”. Written by Estelle Erasmus, find the full read here.
It reminded me of an experience I once had during the pandemic.
I attended a virtual event and as it is my habit, I tweeted the event and the sessions I attended live. Then I noticed that based on my tweets regarding a particular session, someone started responding to my tweets in such as way as to be questioning my posts, (more like attacking me for the conversations and presentations of the particular session).
At first, I thought, it was a good thing that my posts were reaching a wider audience, at the same time, I felt I am not laying claims on the discussion, merely reporting an event and its happenings.
On impulse, I checked the person’s profile and I realised that it was more of a personal attack on the organisation having the event and disagreement on some of the topics of discourse.
I just decided to save myself a whole lot of stress by ignoring him. Now, I realised I doused the fire that would have evolved by using the ignore tactic, rather than using my air to fan the fire.
It’s good to know that there is indeed research to support my action.
What do you think or you would rather do in such a situation? I will love to hear from you.