Social media is becoming more of negative platform as time moves forward. People are being bashed, bullied, and the newest term, “called out” for their actions. The number of teens cyber bullied has done nothing but increase over the years, despite the amount of campaigning done to create awareness. It is reasonable to assume as a citizen, civility on social media is not positive.

Making a difference in such a large world can be challenging, but not impossible. One effective way creating this civility is by every day posting one positive tweet, story, or picture. By posting a positive quote or inspirational saying everyday it allows individuals who follow you to have more of an optimistic outlook for the day.

Everyone knows Lori Loughlin also known as “Aunt Becky” from Full House. Her actions caused her to have a negative backlash from the social media world. People online are criticizing and berating her for based on the news stories published about her scandal. Is this ethical? Should our society be negatively bashing her online? Many people would say yes, that it is okay for individuals to express that on social media; some may say it is not, that they are adding more negativity into the world. I believe that negativity should stay off social media, a way I can increase the positivity on social media is by commenting something positive on at least one post a day.

Overall, there are many ways our society can increase our civility on social media. Two of those things are posting positive encouragements and commenting positive things on others post. Another way we can do this is just to be kind, I believe that if people are kinder to each other than our civility on social media will increase.

 

What will you do to create more positive civility on social media?