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I may be guilty of this. Every time a rant threatens to pour out of me, I always consider sharing it on Facebook or my blog or tweeting it. Who does not?
I revel in the thought of people sharing in my misery or brilliant quips about people or situations I hate.
However, always keep this in mind. Google knows everything. You can delete your tweets or your posts or customize your Facebook profile to exclude people you don’t want to look at your posts, but they stay forever in the internet. You can check. Try deleting a post and then googling it. Chances are, your post is still there.
Although it is so tempting to rant and some people may relate to your rant, the truth is, complaining constantly about your life’s little dramas are not cool anymore. People have their own misery to deal with. And the last thing they want to hear about is other people’s misery. I know I used to whine a lot on my Facebook posts, and I get satisfaction when friends will like my “whine post”, but I just realized I get more “likes” when I post something positive.
Nobody loves whiners, and if you think other people will go along with your hate parade, they might just not. They probably would be laughing at your misery. And do you really need that when you are feeling so down?
A week, a month, a year, or an hour from your post, you will probably regret what you wrote. Someone, somewhere may have absorbed your anger or sadness or hatred (or turned your post into a meme!).
So, the next time you feel like ranting and sharing it, try to censor yourself and bury your negativity. Think of all the positive vibes you can share instead. You will have more likes and re-tweets, too.
So true, and one of my major peeves. We all have bad times, we all have that moment when we want the world to know just how hard, how crappy our circumstances are. Or we are just in a bad mood and want to share! Been there, done that. My advice, find a trusted friend to vent to. Don't put out there for the world to see. Because then you have made that moment of negative thinking permanent. It's there forever and you don't know how it may impact others. It's so easy now to tweet, fb, and even blog from anywhere. But just because it's easy, doesn't mean we should.
Sorry, I am off my soapbox now. You wrote a great post Marie. Thank you. 🙂
Hi, Tamara. The reason I wrote this is I am so guilty of dishing my crap out in facebook at times. I feel a lot better when I vent and some people will actually react. Although I did realize that getting your point across can hurt the feelings of other people.
Thanks for dropping by!
As much as we want to rant and share to the world what we feel, I think we should put a limit to it. Because FB, blogs, internet is a public space anyone can read it, and better yet judge you for what you have written.
I too try not to rant on the internet. IT's always better to spread positivity then negativity .
You are right..it is better to spread positive and inspiring things. People like that better than tantrums and rants. Did I do those? I don't know hehehe. My FB profile is kind of boring, not much action. But it doesn't mean my life is. 🙂
Ayy, me, guilty, like I remember, just last week, I posted something about flies being around me and quipping that they are annoying and as much as I want to respect God's creatures, I have an overwhelming urge to swat the heck out of them haha. Siguro, rants are okay once in a while. Para bang therapist ang facebook hehe
There are times that I vent my feeling on my blogs but mostt of the time I dont and if I do I have limitation.. by the way, I send you an e-mail I am not sure if you get it.. if not please let me know…:-)
We really need to thinkk first before we click to avoid any problem related to internet.
I did regret my online sharing of negativity as a way to displace my anger. You really have to watch out for profanity especially if you are job hunting. I think profanity should be exclusive to facebook friends. That's why now, I've reverted some blog posts to being drafts.
So true. The temptation is stronger when you're out of the house waiting, and you're really pissed off at something or somebody and your only outlet is your phone, and your have the twitter app. Haha. I think I've done a good job in restraining myself. I hate seeing whining on my Facebook feed and when I do, I feel compelled to tell the person off, lalo na pag bata. But I don't. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this!
Posting positive thoughts or motivations to other people on Facebook are the true meaning of sharing, not whining or telling false story. Deal with positive people and you get positive results.
Posting positive thoughts or motivations to other people on Facebook are the true meaning of sharing, not whining or telling false story. Deal with positive people and you get positive results.
showing your emotional feelings online would truly give negative vibes to others so might as well rant it with your close friends to have a closure
The thing with online messages they tend to be viral so hate gets magnified so it's important to use it to share positive values.
Think before you click! ^_^ It’s better to spread good vibes than rants. It drives people/blessings away.
I do that too but not much, I always think of the consequences. Google can store history hehehe.
This is one thing I do not do online, rant about something or talk about someone behind their back how they offended me. I try to keep it to myself, or talk to my hubby and God. Sometimes, if we rant it online it cause more trouble rather fixing the probs. Thanks for sharing this sis you are totally right. Maybe we should post something encouraging