Social Media is The Platform For Gossip in 2013

If you are an online journalist, a social media strategist or, simply, the everyday person who subscribes to the different social media platforms, it is hard to not bear witness to the bustle of action on a website's feed when this kind of event occurs. Even more complicated is fighting the urge to comment or respond to the posts.

Granted, in the event that you are of exactly the same opinion as the first poster, it is easier to create your thoughts. There's less possibility of being openly called on the rug by those who disagree; there was strength in numbers. The difficult part is getting the courage to post your opinions and true beliefs knowing full well that you're opening up yourself to as much scrutiny as the big event itself.

Everything we post on the internet is just a reflection of ourselves and our personal social consciousness. Social interaction could be the driving force behind social networking and all it encompasses. We should, however, learn how to decipher between raw emotion and fact. First emotional responses are at the mercy of a lot of interpretations. Never should we simply take something we read on the web as truth without inquiring further. Our personal perspectives to the issue are simply that; our personal views. Even my writing this piece, is really a personal outlook and I'm opening myself up to inspection as soon as I hit the button.

Whatever the occasion, we must not allow the overwhelming opinions of the others shape our very own private social conscience. That is something, I fear, we're losing in the age of the latest social media. It appears that way too many are willing to latch on to the seemingly popular views in the place of having the guts to state our own thoughts. Social media is now the watercooler of the world. For each opinion, there'll certainly be five differing ones.