Be the Real You

Social networks, like Youtube and Instagram, allow users to interact by posting comments. Sometimes the comments give the uploader motivations and encouragement, but there are also times it serves as an lethal injection, emotionally or even metaphorical-physically.

People leave nasty comments, such as personal attacks, which are completely non-constructive and not backed by any actual evidence. Seriously, it's a lose-lose situation. Not only does it diminishes your own image, it can really break someone's heart. If you're such a mean person, please go educate yourself and keep all those negativity in your own head.

One reason why people enjoy doing this is that they thought they can do anything they want on the Internet since they can be anonymous. Why would you do something that you won't do in real life on the Internet? Entertainers pay time and effort to create contents on the Internet. People should think before they comment. Be truthful and respectful. One person's hatred and nasty comment can arouse many more terrible comments from other people who don't know what they're doing and just randomly go with the flow.

Be mindful that there're also many teenagers who are at their age when they place so much importance on their own personal image and the others' opinions about them. A mature person can leave those nasty comments behind and move on, but it's very hard for teenagers to do so. Without sufficient support from family and friends, many of them experience fear, anxiety, depression and low self-esteem. Some of them even became suicidal.

The Internet is a real place, housing real people. Don't ever think about getting away with what you do on the Internet. Karma will get you and everything is trackable on the Internet. If you won't say it in real life, don't say it on the Internet neither. If you just wanna start a fight, go fuck yourself.