Monday, May 6, 2019

STARS: Closing a Controversial Social Media Post

You have just posted something to social media that has stirred the pot and has a lot of people's emotions on 10. You could just delete it but you really believe in what you posted. The timing or wording just might not have been proper.

First, make sure everyone stays on topic and there is no bashing.  After about the 30th comment, it gets more notice in the algorithm, allowing almost 3 times as many folks to see it.

You then have a mediator or two that has your back and can make trolls and keyboard warriors go away. I call these conversation closers.

Next, delete the comments that are irrelevant, ridiculous and disrespectful. The same goes with the people. Some should be hidden, others deleted, the rest blocked. One thing about posts like this is you discovered who shouldn't be allowed to troll your postings.

After this, the post tends to die down and you have made your point. Continue posting what you believe and filter out the folk that just wanna be difficult.

No comments:

Post a Comment