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Be Kind

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Just a little reminder for all of us...

Social media is a powerful media and easily misused by people with bad intentions.

Twitter is a great place to share ideas and information. But it can also be used to target people, wrongly, with permanent consequences.

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I have spoken with so many people who have been targeted by horrible, cruel, and false accusations. The problem is that it& #39;s easy to attract others to pile on in this platform.

And sometimes with serious consequences.

The Twitter platform is literally designed around

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creating a rush of endorphins in your brain, when you receive Likes and Retweets.

But the opposite is also true.

Personal attacks have a compounded effect on Twitter.

I can& #39;t count the number of times people have come to me, hurting badly, because they& #39;ve been attacked

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on Twitter.

Cyberbullying is a very real thing. And I have personally lost a friend to suicide as a result of it.

So please...

Think before you tweet. Be kind to others. And if you see someone bullying someone else, please don& #39;t amplify it.

Thank you.

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