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[tooiebird]

Instead of using my private twitter as a place to complain and whine and bitch about stuff, I've been trying to post ":)" whenever I'm upset instead. Unless it's something I want to let people know about or discuss. No need for posting stuff no one else even cares about. Like seriously.

everyone could use more smiles on their timelines anyways.

Comments

[zillabean]

That sounds like a very generous policy that I wish more people would adhere to XD All too often I'll start following a friends' account and discover that they are truly just really angry sour people with bleak outlooks on life. Granted, this is nothing new as we are all cynical beings, but to see all such thoughts condensed in a consistent stream of posts all the time just makes it much more potent on the reader. I feel bad saying this, as we all have crap that makes us crazy, but when it's ALL YOU SEE from someone, it starts to color your opinion of them :/

[tooiebird]

no, no i comply agree wit that. They can become kind of a toxic person and you start to just associate them with their negative thoughts and they can just suck all the happiness from you.

I'd def rather have people see me as happy or think I'm happy, even if I'm really not.

[joeypoey]

I think what happens is people look for a place to let out some of the negativity where it won't effect their jobs or the people that are causing them unhappiness. It's easier to be angry over the internet than in person. It tends to feel safer. That's why you see some people who do nothing but let all that anger out there. But we forget that our interactions on here are just as valid and real. Like you said, it starts to feel toxic. It starts to feel like a person you don't want to be around. I had to change some of my behavior because I noticed just how much I was posting angry and complaining posts. I don't eliminate entirely, because I want to be genuine. But I try to keep a balance, just like I would in real life. If I'm too angry all the time, I need to figure out why and change what is causing it. Or if it's all down to how I'm reacting to it, I need to change my reaction.

But like you, I've unfollowed some friends who were like that. I just don't need that.