An important ingredient of Inner Beauty (I-Beauty) is to be a nice person. Genuinely nice. You are probably thinking, Karen, that’s so obvious. Well, good I am glad you think so too! It is that simple really, yet somehow I see this elementary point being forgotten or set aside at times when it comes to social media.
Social media is with us to stay forever. I, and lots of you, grew up without social media as a teenager and even into adulthood. I know! It is crazy for you young people to ponder that. I mean, how on earth did we survive lol? Well, I have to say, as great as social media is for so many reasons, I also see the not so great side. What I mean by that, is how mean people can be and how sad that is.
I, like you, visit You-tube, IG, Twitter or whatever social media platform and I am saddened by the mean comments that people leave. I grew up and probably you did too, hearing your parents or teachers say “if you don’t have anything nice to say, then don’t say anything at all!”
So here is my main point. Why can’t we go back to that??? It is that simple really. Let us all be nice to each other on social media, or at least be silent rather than mean. I do not believe the freedom of speech we all have is intended to be absolutely horrible to each other.
I-Beauty goes hand in hand with being nice to others (as well as to yourself). To be kind and supportive and a positive influence on other people. Everyone wants to be around people that do. So if we could all do that, wouldn’t that be a more enjoyable life? We can all agree that life can already be so challenging at times.
Therefore, I have to wonder why people lead a life of meanness on social media. Why do they believe it is their duty to spread meanness? Do they believe their mean words will ‘help’ someone else, or ‘change’ someone else’s opinion? Do they believe because a person is on social media that they are not a human being, do not have feelings, should not affected by mean words or they deserve to be treated poorly? In fact, you hear about it all the time that people want to give up their dreams of being on social media because of how mean some people are to them. How sad is that? Honestly, people who post mean comments do not have the courage, ability, ambition or perhaps skills to have their own you-tube channel or whatever platform and yet feel so obliged to be mean to those that do. How courageous are they to spread meanness from the comfort of their phone or computer? It is almost like high school yet as an adult. Have they not progressed from adolescence? Breathe Karen. I get a little emotional because I was heavily bullied in high school and I have sensitivities to bullies and to mean people. I believe social media meanness is a form of bullying. And I do not understand why it is this way. I suppose because they are not happy themselves, so it is hard to be nice.
My concern is that if we do not make a positive change now, is this behavior going to become unofficially acceptable and get worse?
It is so easy to just unfollow, unsubscribe, click off their channel etc. There is no need to post a mean announcement as to why. Be a nicer person and simply move on.
It is also easy to understand how much better it would be to send someone a nice comment and offer your encouragement. It can make their day, week, month or help them through a difficult time, and maybe more.
Final thoughts
I think we all agree how nice it is to have someone be nice to you (friend or stranger), care about you, be supportive and offer you encouragement. We should all do the same on social media. Use social media as a tool to spread positivity, support and niceness to others. That is the beauty of social media, we can connect and meet people from around the world and have the ability to encourage and support each other.
With this post, I may be preaching to the choir as my friends (who are mostly the people that read my blog at this point in time lol) would not be mean on social media. However, perhaps this post will make it’s way to reach others around the world somehow and encourage people to be nice on social media. It is my hope that maybe they will.
All the best and until next time…
