For the last 24 hours or so, I've been experiencing a strange mood swing, the exact cause of which I'm yet to pinpoint (maybe slow internet or too much internet). And as usual, that foul mood ended up manifesting itself in my tweets as well, much against my wishes. You could say this is a weakness on my part, or that I have 'no life' and end up taking social media too seriously. Well, you are right for the most part, just that I do have a life outside Twitter and Facebook, maybe that part of my life has reduced in size considerably over the last few years. Yes that has been a shortcoming on my part - to not build an alternative life offline. And this is probably not a kind of blogpost you will expect from someone who gets by with mostly flippant or funny tweets 24x7.
Due to my bad mood, I ended up not replying or sending sarcastic replies to some people whom I interact regularly with on Twitter. But most importantly, I ended up doing something totally against my social media character - I added protection to my tweets. A lot of you asked me why I did it. Well, all I can tell you is that there are some of you out there who take Twitter in the diametrically opposite way that I do - too casually. Honestly, even I may Twitter too casually at times. But that's where the difference is. Hence, such kind of people feel that if a person comes online with a certain persona, that should stick to him or her for the entire duration of his or her social media existence. Hence, if I am someone who cracks jokes often, that's what I should be doing as long as I tweet, and if I happen to say anything on the serious or emotional side - it should be dealt with as you do normally - in a flippant manner. And of course, there is the more well-known category other than me which takes social media too seriously - trolls. Of course, trolls should not be taken seriously, and are only here to rile us, so that they can have their share of fun. But, if we go through a typical analysis of a troll, a lot of written material on which is available on the internet, we may across this conclusion mostly that a troll is possibly a freckled teenager or a lonely housewife trying to make use of their abundant free time by spewing venom on others. Well, I've been guilty of trolling some social media or even real life celebrities/brands on Twitter myself. But in my defence, the number of instances have been far less than your average troll.
Coming back to my mood swing, I'm taken aback at this turn of events myself. And I'm genuinely sorry for my rash behaviour all this while. Maybe this is some kind of confession oriented blogpost but I felt the need to do it, hence. Also, I can't thank the person enough (you know who you are) who took the effort to calm me down via DMs (not to say rest of my Twitter friends are insensitive, since others have helped me out on other occasions as well). And I sincerely apologise to those who had to bear the brunt of my mood swing. As I write this, I'm trying my best to come out of this phase. After reading this, a lot of you may suggest that I take some time off Twitter and focus on my offline life more. Maybe I will do that, but let time be the best judge of that. Unlike a lot of talented people out there who I know, I'm not capable enough to hide my emotions or lead a completely impersonal online life (not being sarcastic). Maybe I should work towards that, but till that happens, hope all of you out here in the world of 140 will continue to accept me the way I am and not expect too much from me. Thank you all.
Due to my bad mood, I ended up not replying or sending sarcastic replies to some people whom I interact regularly with on Twitter. But most importantly, I ended up doing something totally against my social media character - I added protection to my tweets. A lot of you asked me why I did it. Well, all I can tell you is that there are some of you out there who take Twitter in the diametrically opposite way that I do - too casually. Honestly, even I may Twitter too casually at times. But that's where the difference is. Hence, such kind of people feel that if a person comes online with a certain persona, that should stick to him or her for the entire duration of his or her social media existence. Hence, if I am someone who cracks jokes often, that's what I should be doing as long as I tweet, and if I happen to say anything on the serious or emotional side - it should be dealt with as you do normally - in a flippant manner. And of course, there is the more well-known category other than me which takes social media too seriously - trolls. Of course, trolls should not be taken seriously, and are only here to rile us, so that they can have their share of fun. But, if we go through a typical analysis of a troll, a lot of written material on which is available on the internet, we may across this conclusion mostly that a troll is possibly a freckled teenager or a lonely housewife trying to make use of their abundant free time by spewing venom on others. Well, I've been guilty of trolling some social media or even real life celebrities/brands on Twitter myself. But in my defence, the number of instances have been far less than your average troll.
Coming back to my mood swing, I'm taken aback at this turn of events myself. And I'm genuinely sorry for my rash behaviour all this while. Maybe this is some kind of confession oriented blogpost but I felt the need to do it, hence. Also, I can't thank the person enough (you know who you are) who took the effort to calm me down via DMs (not to say rest of my Twitter friends are insensitive, since others have helped me out on other occasions as well). And I sincerely apologise to those who had to bear the brunt of my mood swing. As I write this, I'm trying my best to come out of this phase. After reading this, a lot of you may suggest that I take some time off Twitter and focus on my offline life more. Maybe I will do that, but let time be the best judge of that. Unlike a lot of talented people out there who I know, I'm not capable enough to hide my emotions or lead a completely impersonal online life (not being sarcastic). Maybe I should work towards that, but till that happens, hope all of you out here in the world of 140 will continue to accept me the way I am and not expect too much from me. Thank you all.
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