Social Media Comment Rules (my own)

I don’t spend much time on social media, but I’ve seen the comments section on some posts full of argumentative nonsense. If – and that’s a very big IF – I comment on someone’s post, I have a few criteria for said comment before doing so.

Questions that must have an affirmative answer:

Will it make the person who posted the original thing smile/laugh?

Will it comfort the person who posted the original thing?

Does it provide verifiable information that I have to someone who doesn’t have that information?

Questions that must have negative answer:

Will it create or add to drama or other such bullshit? (i.e. – would I be arguing with someone just to argue rather than having an intelligent conversation?)

Is it flat out mean? (Sarcasm on friend’s posts doesn’t count, they know me)

And that’s pretty much it. Just sharing for the hell of it.

Have a good night!