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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger
I believe you kind of agree with me, and I have no objection on how you use social media. That is how it is supposed to be. Use it to stay in touch with friends for easy communication. Share pictures and videos quickly with everybody on your list instead of sending a mass email.
The problems arise very quickly once you step over the line and use social media to air out your dirty laundry. That is everything from your private life or that of others which should stay private. Including everything that is political, ethical, or religious. Ethics is part of religion. Religion and politics cannot be separated, because all politics evolve around ethics of some kind or another. There is a reason the P&R forum is not divided into a P-only and a R-only section.
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There is also a distinction between speech that expresses an opinion and speech that urges/drives action. Context matters.
And in *today's* tradpub publishing world, name calling kills books, ends contracts, and kills careers. In *this* context, name calling is *not* opinion but a call to action.
Try this:
https://www.vulture.com/2017/08/the-...a-twitter.html
Or this:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/20...ce-controversy
This:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/20...dessen-twitter
https://www.vulture.com/2019/11/famo...ntroversy.html
Milan is a publishing veteran and very business-savvy and has written insightful comments on the state of publishing today. It is extremely unlikely she was unaware of what the name-calling would lead to. Digging up a twenty-year old book shows specific intent: she went digging for something to pin on her.
Social media is meant for communicating with friends and family and (most often) marketting. it was never meant for rabble rousing and raising lynch mobs but that is what has devolved into.
Best stay clear of tbe big platforms and above all stay clear of the absolutist polarized subjects. That means politics, religion, morals, and sports.
