Who Do You Think You Are?: Self-Righteousness on the Web

I don't feel I have the expertise or the right to ask others to give up their valuable time reading the shit I write, even if it's good shit. I also don't want to join the imposter syndrome club, it's oversubscribed.

I'm deeply troubled about putting my voice out there and writing articles and web content - less worried about it being ignored than I am worried about it being so deeply despised that somebody would want me dead.

But for some, that's a good thing. Whether people love or hate the article - they care about it. It made an impact. I know in a business sense it's far worse to be ignored. But I've never been the business-savvy kind.

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What An Idiot!: Pointing the Finger on the Web

Despite being a millennial that grew up with and on the internet, watching it evolve into the beast it is now, the increasingly hostile attitude of people online is terrifying and paralysing. It took a lot of courage to even return to this blog posting quasi-anonymously.

Social media is unrecognizable from what it was 10 years ago. It is awe-some and awful in equal measures. People are very quick to judge and point the finger, and there's a lot less tolerance for somebody sharing an opposing view.

It unnerves me because when I log off and go outside, I have to share a planet with these dreadful people. These same sons of bitches are walking around, manning checkouts, running banks, driving buses and whatever else. I don't want to squint at every new person I meet trying to scrutinise whether they're soulless enough to troll and defame and dehumanise someone online. By association, I must be dreadful too.

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