Have social media comments made you a better person

[rooftopbird]

I've been thinking about this for a while. I feel like I've learned more about being a better person via reading other peoples opinions and comments on here and online news or content sites. I've been kind of told off / put right in the past few years and reasoned with when I've not reacted particularly impartially or reasonably about various subjects, probably because I used to think a flippant response was acceptable.

I think it's made me a more considered person, which may be due to the chat and comments online. I never had particularly hands on parenting or learned the basics of social etiquette as a kid or teen.

I wonder if this reflects how people have perceived me in real life, it's made me wonder if I've been insensitive or ignorant about things, how much I've learned and how much of a tit I may have been in the past..

Well, I guess that confirms it, I'm an uptight twat!

I think this is such an interesting post! In general I view social media as something that has a negative impact, but you raise an interesting point.

IRL we tend to surround ourselves with like minded people which can become somewhat of an echo chamber. My perspective has shifted massively over the years and I would accredit this to information I have learned online. If social media didn’t exist, who knows how much exposure I would of had to situations outside of my own environment.

Social media = Facebook and similar but not twitter or tiktocked et

Mumsnet is a forum and places like this do help all reasonable people learn, help and in turn become a better person

I class myself as a good one but learning from others mistakes all of the time by being reinforced in my mind I am and have been on the right path

I do bend over backwards to help, support sincerely with honest comments/observations and being tactile where needed