It was so unfair that I was kicked out of Facebook just for expressing my views on a matter. Meanwhile, the real culprit of those savage words roamed around freely.
I quivered in my virtual handcuffs as the cops led me out of the 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑛. I hurled furiously, "I am the victim!" l＼( ˋ Θ ´ )／
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So, there I was, locked out❚█══█❚ of Facebook for a crime I didn't commit.
Well...
I felt so bad and so angry. Facebook for me, may have not been the best but it had everything. Heck, it birthed some other platforms. It was referred to as the "social giant" by some folks.
Being locked out of Facebook, I packed my stuff and journeyed to a somewhat foreign 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑛 called "Twitter."
I once heard that "Twitter is not for the weak."
This place turned out to be a lot different from the rest; very broad and full of...
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"𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐞, 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐧, 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧'𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡."—𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐃𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐲.
Yeah, very full of that.
I made a tweet about something on my mind without even thinking of the repercussions of my tweet and the negative influence it may cause on me or another individual.
Shortly, I turned a victim of cyber bullying and I could shield myself behind my phone's screen but there was not that much I could do.
My tweet was retweeted, reached many routes and caused more havoc.~( ´•︵•` )~ I never desired such internet fame!
Even worse, I was becoming increasingly addicted.(¯ ¯٥)
Twitter seemed a lot intriguing and... Different. It was really different and broad.
It was a hot mess in there; celebrity obsession and people thinking I wanted to hear their hot takes and nonsense.
It seemed to be a home where nastier internet users thrived. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬!
People spoke about Pretty Perry Peterson being a racist and it was the biggest issue ever. Lots of people gave their takes about it, debating in feistiness with their opponents. They went as far as digging up past deeds, atrocious deeds of Perry and really knocking him down. 𝐏𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲.╰⁔╯ 𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐯𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲?
𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭.
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𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠,
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞.
I wasn't even sure if the allegations were valid, no one really was, they were just bent on giving their opinions and destroying individuals... Stealing, killing, and destroying. 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐨.
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𝐓𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐈𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐄𝐀𝐊!!!
The savage cops over Twitter were not as active as those on Facebook. They allowed almost everything. But I didn't need a savage cop this time to exit the place. I willingly and a hundred percent evacuated the 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑛.
"Truth about this savage thing is that savage animals are no better than those they pick on. They tend to act that way online just so they can gain attention and approval from others and if you can't defend yourself, you're most likely to turn a new trending meme!" Remi explained as we sat together to discuss the online turbulence going on between people of different and same race, that sprung from Perry's act of racism towards fans.
"Fact is, in real life, based on my discoveries, savage animals are a bunch of low-lives. You see them online and how they trash and attack people and create fun memes out of everyone seems cool but in real life, they're just poverty's left-overs. They cause you depression from your screen but in real life, you turn out to be even better than them! It always happens that way!" Aisha seconded.
"More people are out to cyber bully the weak because apparently, savage is the new cool. You get the perfect lines fit for your prey, you trend.
Insulting and backlashing peeps you don't even know and they may have caused no harm, all because you think it's fun," I finally added.
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Next up, I tried Instagram. I was able to gain access to intriguing contents just as Facebook but I still wasn't feelin' the fire. 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐮𝐩, 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰? I mean, I wasn't feeling the heat, but I felt something alright—intimidation mixed with anxiety then some envy toppings and sadness sprinkles.
It felt like I didn't fit in… like I could not fit in. I yearned to fit in, then I didn't want to fit in; hence I was left entangled in a dilemma.
Then I was headed for TikTok. The name alone was enlivening and just as the name implied, time-wasting for me. 𝐓𝐢𝐤𝐓𝐨𝐤—𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞-𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐇𝐞𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐞.
I dived into tons of videos and then I felt pressured to do mine. I mastered everything but somehow, I just couldn't… *𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡.*
Aisha was on TikTok, Remi was on TikTok and they manged it so well. Why couldn't I? Moreover, why did I feel so bent on fitting in?
I felt so pressured to fit in and be like someone else that I admired.
"Fitting in is not just your problem at the moment if you look at things the way I see it, your problem is rather what you want to fit into," Aisha enlightened me on a video call, "Clearly, I fit in, Remi fits in because we are doing our own thing. Remi makes contents for the gospel, I speak to young people out there, but rather than doing your own thing and fitting into that, you long to be like others whom are also products of imitating others—celebrities mostly, and so the circle begins and continues. Specifically, you want to be like the slay mamas, the b**ches, the rich, cool, and expensive, the 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑑-𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑎𝑐𝑠 and the likes of them."
"Aisha has said it all."
"I don't understand."
"You never understand."
"Remi, stop, you're being a real jerk right now."
"She knows I love her anyway," he smiled. I had a flinty look on.
"Just get some rest. You need it. See you at school tomorrow."
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*𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐎𝐖𝐍*
ΩA virtual town; a social media platform.
∆I quivered in my virtual handcuffs as the cops led me out of the 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑛.
*𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐃-𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐀𝐂*
ΩOne who displays fanaticism towards trends online.
∆...the 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑑-𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑎𝑐𝑠 and the likes of them."
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