I miss Tumblr, Mutliply where it's a safe space to just express your thoughts without people attacking you and that discussion is more of an open flow conversation, shedding light to controversial topics. Sharing experiences without judgment. testing hypothesis with positive / constructive criticisms. Ewan ko ha? From Friendster's testi era, na sobrang nakaka uplift ng spirit lagi pag makakatanggap ka ng testi, to Facebook na magsabi ka lang ng opinyon mo babarahin ka na at mamatahin ng iba just because your opinion differ from theirs. Kelan lang yun 2008? Not so long ago pa, but people on the internet has evolved to their virtual violent versions of themselves.
Paano nga ba tayo humantong sa ganto?
Ok, disclaimer lang, hindi ito according to studies or what not. According ito sa mga napansin ko, na -experience at opinyon ko. Kung meron kang paniniwala na gusto i share, pwede ka naman mag share sa comment section without making me feel na bobo ako, or mas matalino ka sakin, dahil hindi din naman natin ikakayaman kung magalit ka sakin at paniwalaan mong mas magaling ka sakin. Diba? Pero if feeling mo ikaka asenso mo sa buhay ang pagsalungat at pangmamaliit ng kapwa, by all means go ahead.
Even here on my blog, to which I know is not invaded by anyone, I am quite apprehensive to tell my story. In times where people wants to be heard, to be understood, I don't want that. All I want is to just share life through my eyes, through my heart and mind. Raw and unedited.
I don't think I ever changed in terms of my humor ever since I started using Facebook or other social media platforms. I am that 'pilosopo' friend. If you don't know me, I may come off as rude. But my social circle knows that that's just the way I am. I don't often speak my mind out loud or to strangers, kasi nga I am often misunderstood. Maybe that's why I started a blog because I hate talking to people. All I want is a safe space for me to vent out my thoughts and process them on my own. And writing really does the magic for me. It untangles the chaos in my head and makes it easier for me to realize what I should focus on.
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Fast forward to today, April 2025. I think this was in my drafts for quite a while, and now is the perfect time to add more to it, dahil grabe ang bashing sakin sa Threads hahaha just because of a single post.
Anyway, it was a Wednesday, last workday of the week before Holy week. I was cleaning out my bucket ng applied candidates. I have to tag each one of them kasi for reporting purposes, and soooooobrang daming applicants na over sa layo ng exp and background sa posted qualifications. Job posting is clear as day: RN, bedside hospital experience. Applicants were like from IT, business management, marketing, cashier, VA, undergrads. So, like a moment of frustration I took a break, and posted on threads na parang "why are you applying ba kahit indicated nasa qualifications yung kelangan ng role?". Really my point is, the role calls for a nursing license, how as marketing or IT person reading the job ad think that you can actually do the job of a licensed nurse? That's just really my thought when I posted it. Parang nag wonder lang ako, kasi it was bizarre for me talaga. That was it. I did not expect anyone to notice it dahil hindi naman ako serial socmed poster, for my post to gain traction. hahaha. But Voila! it did. and it was bad! hahahaha
Actually, the things they said did not hurt my feelings. It was again another wow moment for me. Parang sa isip ko, hindi naman ganto before. If you post something, people will not take it seriously. Now, people are so quick to judge. Like I said, I am not the person who rants about stuff, so when I randomly post, usually it was out of boredom hahaha. The replies were insulting actually. Sabi ng isa, baka hindi ako talaga qualified to be a recruiter. Hindi daw ako masaya sa trabaho ko, bakit daw ako reklamo ng reklamo eh trabaho ko naman mag screen ng aplikante, entitled daw ako at narcissist, sobra daw ako magmaliit ng tao? Mind blown talaga. Saan nila nakuha yun? All I posted was a stupid question. hahaha. I even posted context para lang ma-gets nila yung point ko. hahaha But the reply was? Kasalanan ko padin daw kasi hindi ko nilinaw sa una kong post. HAHAHAHAHAHA
That's when I gave up the idea of having a conversation. Sobrang closed minded nila. They already concluded na masama akong tao. hahaha. Like mag resign na lang daw ako kung puro daw ako reklamo. Do they even know what "puro" means? If you look at my threads, I rarely rant, at ito about work? mabibilang mo pa sa daliri mo sa kamay, and my posts don't really have context kasi nga it was not meant to be scrutinized. So yung replies ko was to troll na lang din because they are soooooo full of hate.
My time of wondering why people on social media is different from their personal / public persona ends here. hahaha. Tinanong ko na kasi si Chatgpt, and I want to stop hoping that things will be better, because I don't think people will change.
Ito ang sabi ni chatgpt. People on social media are quick to judge because of anonymity and distance. Onga, tinignan ko yung mga profiles nung mga nagccomment, they are either not using their real name, real photo, wala to minimal followers, and naka lock. So what are you hiding? hahaha dahil madaming nakakakilala sayo na hindi naman ganyan ang tingin sayo? Still protecting the image you want to portray in public, but in the shadows of internet, you are a keyboard warrior who can just destroy anyone with hurtful words.
Someone said pa na delete ko na lang daw post ko dahil pinagmumuka kong tanga yung sarili ko. I posted that for me, not for anyone. And they cared to join and bash me, bakit ako ang mag aadjust sa idea nyo ng perfect recruiter? If I am not perfect or good at what I do, what or whose god gave you the right to berate or belittle someone with a single post? Kung makapag comment akala mo kasama ko na sila simula sa sinapupunan eh.
Anyway, I am not galit. Galit is a very strong word for me. Hindi ako umaabot sa ganon. Naiinis ako? Yes. Who wouldn't? I'm not taking it personally because I know myself, but when I think about all the people na nag trend na sobrang na bash, I feel sorry for us humanity. That it came to this version of us. Destroying each other. We are asking for compassion, pero we are spreading hate. We are preaching empathy but we are the ones ridiculing others and judging their lives by a single video or post. We are calling out bullies, but we are the ones who created an environment that tolerates atrocity. What happened to us really?
I feel sorry for mankind.
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