Twitter’s controversial decision to reveal an anonymous user’s identity is a wake-up call to social media users everywhere that they really have to think twice before posting.
Remember the old sayings, "there’s many a slip between cup and lip" or "loose lips sink ships"? Many of us grew up in an age where discretion was a cherished quality.
However, the rise and rise of social media in the last six years changed everything and the ability to update your status on Facebook or post a tweet on Twitter saying exactly what’s on your mind or what you think of so and so on the box has created a sort of psychological compulsion to say it, no matter what ‘it’ is.
We all do this: you could be watching the news, a weekend talk show or a current affairs show and religiously – because our social bubble (in our heads) expects it – you blast off that tweet excoriating the host’s lack of comic timing or the views of a politician or the lousy lip-synching of a pop star. It’s about saving social face, but it’s an invisible compulsion, you begin to value your worth by your output and the ensuing ripples and reactions.
Well, that’s over.
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Source: Silicon Republic
By: John Kennedy
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