Things that really REALLY annoy me!

[kseenaa]

You know... I really really like Twitter and Plurk and Tumblr. They are a lot of fun and an easy way to keep in contact with people and look at pretty pictures. And that is why I joined them. :-)

BUT! And here is the part I am annoyed with. There are a lot of those retweet/replurk/repost this that or this... or you are a bad person. Because there are people starving! Getting killed! Animals are abused! WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING!!!

Yeah. I know. I FUCKING KNOW, ALRIGHT! I see it on the news and on the headlines. News flash. It is what the world looks like today. Geezes... And stop guilt-tripping people to retweet/replurk/repost whatever it is you want to save right THIS MINUTE!!! It just pisses me off. I am sorry, but it does. *growl* Does that mean I don't give a fuck because I don't retweet/replurk/repost your tweet/plurk/post? NO! It doesn't. Try getting that into your head, general you.

And for GAWDS sake! If you don't like a service, stop complaining. And if the only thing you can say about a fandom is negative, then why are you in said fandom? No really? And now people will feel I am aiming at them, and I am not. I have seen this in ALL the fandoms I am in. RoS, Xena, Buffy, Pirates, Tokio Hotel. I mean, WHY? Seriously? *shakes head* It makes me wonder....

You know why I am involving myself in a fandom? Whatever fandom it is? To relax. To look at pretty pictures. To read fanfic. To get to know people who like the same things I like. You know why I am on Twitter/Plurk/Tumblr? To relax. To look at pretty pictures. To connect to even more people with the same interests as me.

I did NOT join them for negativity and to see the same thing I see on the news every single day.

*sigh*

Sorry for the rant, but I just had to get that off my chest. It has annoyed me for quite some time now....

*tries to find her way back to her happy place*

Comments

[tattooofhername.livejournal.com]

Not to mention that 99% at least of the retweet/repost/etc or else!!! posts are completely pointless and actually do nothing whatsoever except making the person who posted feel like they've done something.

[volare.livejournal.com]

Slacktivism. Baaaaahhhhhh.

[tattooofhername.livejournal.com]

Successfully burying useful and genuine good causes for... probably as long as the internet has been around.

[kseenaa.livejournal.com]

Oh yes. So very, very true. :-/

[lilliephoenix.livejournal.com]

lol. i'm glad i'm not the only one.
it shouldn't surprise you that i'm of the same opinion though, because i think you're at the top of my tumblr faves list.
i really enjoy your blog. <3

[kseenaa.livejournal.com]

Nope, definitely not the only one. :-P Glad to hear my Tumblr can amuse at least a little what with my random reblogs. :-)

[volare.livejournal.com]

amen, amen, and AAAAAAAAYMEEEEEEEEEEN!

[kseenaa.livejournal.com]

And here I thought people would be pissed over this post... Glad I was very wrong. :-)

[dylansbuzz.livejournal.com]

I don't respond well to being guilted into something and I have no respect for those who choose that path and call it activism. If I believe in something, I will reblog it cause *I* want to, not because someone tells me I have to.

[kseenaa.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that is what annoys me the most. This hinted at that I am a BAD, BAD person if I don't retweet/reblog whatever it is... It's just... yeah, it just pisses me off. :-P

[hexenhasel.livejournal.com]

I've been on tumblr for so long that all that stuff doesn't even phase me. And if someone is really annoying, it's easier for me to unfollow them. I find tumblr is the biggest culprit of that.

I got on there for the pictures as well - not for the 'social activism'.

[kseenaa.livejournal.com]

Oh now, that is just another pack o' worms... I see a lot on both tumblr and tweeter (not so much on plurk) a lot of emo-posts/tweets about OH NOES! I LOST A FOLLOWER! WHATEVER IS WRONG WITH ME?!?! *shakes head* Teen-emo. Been there, done that, had enough of it. So I usually unfollow pretty quickly when I see it. :-P

[ruchirahni.livejournal.com]

I'm with you on this; it's so stupid. What the fuck does re-tweeting even do?? 1) Signal that you're interested and your'e very hip and caring or 2) spread awareness about the issue.

Neither of those things in general help the cause your'e "re-tweeting" for. What an inefficient mechanism to 'save the world'.

[kseenaa.livejournal.com]

The only good thing, I suppose, is that it spreads the word whatever it is.

But it can be used to, as was seen with the whole Kony 2012 thing. Because, man... were people fucked over with that or what...? Let's just say that them Invisible Children INC behind Kony 2012 were some REALLY fishy people... *cough* But with the spread of retweets/replurks/reblogs, that spread like wildfire, and they probably made a lot of money from that. :-P

Better with a more hands on approach, for sure. And to give money to charities THAT YOU TRUST! AND HAVE CHECKED OUT!

[thilia.livejournal.com]

Hear, hear! Agree with everything. ;D

[kseenaa.livejournal.com]

Yeah... :-P I am so glad to see I am not the only one, I gotta say. Both with the guilt thing and the fandom thing. Sometimes I woman just gotta vent and rant a little. :-P

[moonjaguar.livejournal.com]

I have the same issue with fandom and hobbies online. Like why am I expected to write an essay about racism or repost "I'm against homophobia" when I'm just here for the antique car pix?? (...I don't think a certain tumblr OP liked it when I added "...and biphobia, heterophobia, transphobia..." on a "stop homophobia" reblog)

[kseenaa.livejournal.com]

Exactly! And I hate how so many tries to guilt-trip people into posting stuff like that... :-/ Like it'll make a difference anyway, you know?