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Dealing with social media frustration
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I have to confess that my feelings get hurt somewhat easily. I try and work on this, but it’s particularly acute in social media interactions I have. I haven’t had a Facebook for several years now (for this very reason) and the only platforms I use are Instagram and Reddit.
I have this cycle with Reddit where I try and participate in discussions within various communities (like disc golf) only to get flamed for something taken out of context or intentionally misinterpreted. This usually results in me deleting my Reddit account. But it’s 2019, and real life friends are hard to make. So I recreate a profile just to do it all over again.
This sucks. I spend a lot of time answering questions about GIS for students and people new to the industry, but in the end social media just makes me feel bad about myself. On the other hand, non-digital interaction is really hard.
I realize I’m just inviting a slew of trolling, which is fine I guess. I’m writing this because I’m about to delete Reddit again in the way I described above. I guess I just wanted to know if anyone has found a fair balance of social media use that avoids this without complete withdrawal. Or maybe this is a personality thing, and my sensitivity is just a character flaw that makes this a difficult space in which to participate.
I also just wanted to put this out there to say to someone... anyone. I hate it and it makes me hate myself.
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October 03, 2019 at 07:34PM