Facebook demands – “Like and share this or you are a horrible person”

January 24, 2013 · by sophist6 | in Communication, Human Interest | tagged addiction, animals, apathetic, apathy, blog, blogging, communication, critical thinking, facebook, homeless, Italy, judgement, like and share, mental health, naples, photo, post, rehab, stray animals, tolerance, tolerantpeople, Writing | 3 Comments

You know what I am talking about right? All those photos with witty captions or tag lines that are meant to share a point of view, educate, inspire, or in many situations, pass judgement on those who don’t “like and share” it. To me it is a silly practice to demand that someone share your opinion by […]

Think About This: Bad Days

January 22, 2013 · by sophist6 | in Think About This | tagged bad day, blog, blogging, facebook, inspirational, positive, tolerance, tolerantpeople, Writing | 2 Comments

So everyone has bad days right? I woke up this morning quite mad and annoyed at something that apparently happened in my dreams, got in a fight with my partner, practically broke my little toe on the couch corner, and broke down in tears for really no reason (at least if I had cried about […]

Think About This: Posting Online (Part 2)

January 18, 2013 · by sophist6 | in Communication, Human Interest, Think About This | tagged blog, blogger, communication, facebook, helpful, Internet, kind, learning, online, opinion, post, productive, think, thoughtful, tolerant, tolerantpeople, troll, Writing | 1 Comment

This is a learning process for all of us, and I realize that I could have written “Think About This: Posting Online (Part 1)” very differently. With that in mind, I am going to try and re-write it so that it is more helpful and less confrontational – because depending on who reads that post […]

Think About This: Posting Online (Part 1)

January 17, 2013 · by sophist6 | in Human Interest, Think About This | tagged blog, blogger, emotional, facebook, facts, human interest, human nature, opinion, posts, progress, race, racism, reaction, thoughfulness, thought, tolerance, tolerant, tolerantpeople, Writing | 3 Comments

Okay so I know I already did a “Think About This” today but something came up that really illustrates what I am trying to do here. Since I am just starting out the majority of my followers are people I know in ‘real’ life, and so are the majority of the ‘Likes’ and followers on […]