The upstarts online are your best friends. They post photos, videos, and graphics to illustrate what they mean. It may be about life. It could be about you. Or it’s about nothing in particular. The point is, however, it fits into your friendship – or overall perspective on life.
However, social media has got a bad rap in recent years. It rides hot on the heels of public protest-based debate. The fallout is inevitable. The disagreements are riven with bad faith. The altercations are ill-tempered. The complaints socially divisive.
It isn’t true that posting online is poor behaviour – or a bad habit. The result of our interest in things – or curiosity – is more nuanced, not less. The cynicism felt by few is not shared by most of us, who, like those before, take things in our stride before we’re riled.
The dissenters are hard to track down. They exist in the cracks and crevices of life. They speak out to complain, corralling us into different corners. Their evidence is sporadic, and relates only to issues offline. They’re those who take out the meaning of life.
