We
have seen so many open letters lately. And just when I thought the trend was
fading out, American Singer, Ciara writes her own open letter to Bloggers. She advises
bloggers to desist from writing false stories, and also talks about
cyber-bullying.
I
used to sometimes like visiting some of the blog sites to see what new things
are happening in the world! Things like cool photos, current events, etc. But
nowadays it seems like there's a competition with sites on "Who Can Tear
Someone Down the Most." The stories are going from cool and creative to
pure drama. Even the comment sections are beginning to get out of control and
people are using the platforms to exercise a false sense of power.
People
sure do have a lot of courage when they are anonymous. It's like a "Who
Can Say the Nastiest Comment Game." I click onto some of the comments from
something as fun as an Instagram post that you're sharing with your fans, and a
person finds a way to turn a positive post into a negative. I think to myself,
"I could pick this person apart so bad but what for? Why act ugly like
them?" It honestly takes the fun out of it when people seem so miserable.
Or
at least that's how I view someone wasting their energy to tear someone down,
just plain miserable. They could be using that to do something much more
productive. If only they could channel their energy towards positivity, it
could make a difference in their own life as well as influence others. It's
kind of scary for the kids coming up, because even if a parent doesn't allow
their kids to have blog site access at home, they may still have access at
school or other places. It's now almost impossible to protect your kids from
the vile things people say on blog sites today, and it's even worse when kids
hear hurtful things about themselves, their parents or other family members. In
some cases kids have even resorted to suicide due to
"cyber-bullying."
My
questions to people creating slander about people are:
What
stops you from thinking twice about trying to defame someone? What are you
trying to gain?
Words
are powerful. You could say the wrong thing about someone, famous or not, on
the wrong day and that could cost them their life because they're at a weak
point. Believe it or not, you could also be encouraging them to give up on
their life or whatever the situation is, when they shouldn't. Or what about a
story that causes unnecessary drama stemming from completely false information?
It's just flat out wrong and sad. I say to myself, I thank God for making me
strong, because I've always been able to use the negativity as motivation, and
it makes me stronger.
But
I don't just think about myself in this, I think about others that I see
getting thrashed and think it's just so wrong. It's very sad that people just
want to tear people down so bad just to see them unhappy. It's unbelievable how
far people are willing to go to get people to come to their site.
I
say this to say....
Dear
Blogger,
It's
never worth it in the end when you sell your soul for a quick dollar, by
creating bad stories about people. At some point, it will all reverse on you
and you'll end up regretting all the trash you wrote or said about people.
The
universal friend "Karma" has demonstrated this over and over again. I
strongly encourage you to project more positivity into the universe. If Social
Media is a world that's growing more massive by the day, why not use it to shed
light?? Otherwise, you are merely contaminating our universe.
What
about your family and kids?? Do you think about them?? You're definitely
creating a harmful and volatile environment where they must learn to live. It's
almost like you are cursing future generations with your bad energy.
Not
to mention...Your "Personal Karma"??... Forget about it!
You
better start doing some serious praying and rebuking, cause only The Lord
knows!...:)
I
sure do miss the good old days when the focus was about the pure creativity of
being an artist. Back then there was still some mystery. Social Media Is
Beginning To Take Away The Specialness of What That Was, and Is.
Now,
Off Blogs. Peaceful Mind. Living In My Happiness. Creativity Only.
Love,
C
I hope you have learnt a thing or two from Ciara’s letter because she did make a lot of sense.