Social Media Etiquette

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In this episode, also recorded before the death of George Floyd, we discuss social media etiquette. How do we behave when social media becomes our main public sphere?

To “call out” or not to “call out” people of social media…that is the question. In this time where our “shared spaces” are our social media feeds defining proper etiquette has proven to be difficult.

While sharing our own struggles with finding a balance on social media we breakdown a potential protocol when dealing with problematic comments made in these shared spaces. When calling out racist comments (for example) we suggest you ask yourself:

Who are they to you? Is this someone I would/will interact with on a regular bases? Is this a family member? What is my current relationship statue with said person?

How do I communicate with that person? What’s the best why to communicate a difficult conversation? A personal message? A phone call?

What’s the hope? What’s the end goal of “calling this person out”? Do you want to educate or do you want to be right?

Do I need to respond right in this moment? Is this something you should step back from for a moment

In the next portion of the episode we address our own judgemental tendies, as we discuss, over sharing. Is there such a thing as over sharing? And how can we excersie grace during this time when we all are experiencing collective trauma.

While expanding on the topic of trauma we discuss grieving online. We start by categorizing grief into two types : public and private. We describe the differences and the difficultly expressing both of those types of grief during social distanting.

As we often do, we express the desire and need for us (as people) to have community. You are not alone Unicorns.

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