Good News - I made a positive decision
Steemit needs a positive vibe
I've been thinking a lot lately about how there is so much hatefulness online and I see a lot of it on Steemit now too. Much of it comes from political posts, but there are other varieties too.
It might not be so bad, but it seems all media is designed to keep people mad and/or upset with some person, group, religion, government or whatever happens to be at the top of the list this week. We are all human being. We are all trying to survive in a hateful and constantly changing world and I fully believe in Common Human Decency for everyone in the world.
I am so tired of the garbage. I am trying VERY hard to turn my life around after a long run of bad luck, health problems, vision problems, and so much more. But being online tends to keep my nerves zinging. I just can't take it anymore.
I personally believe if you focus on the bad you are attracting bad into your life. If you focus on the good you are attracting good into your life.
Starting this minute
1 - I am no longer going to watch TV news, read newspapers or be involved with any social media other than Steemit.
2 - I will be un-following anyone who is obviously promoting a specific political point of view, whether I agree with their posts or not.
3 - I am going to try to find good, positive news to write about on a regular basis.
I am still going to write my foraging posts and you will still hear me talk about how to eat during the zombie invasion. But foraging is something that is positive and healthy and I really don't think there will be a zombie invasion any time soon.
The big change will be the seeking out good news. I want to spread happiness, smiles, laughter and good feelings around the world and I urge everyone to do similar.
A New Tag
goodnews
I will be tagging these posts with goodnews and I urge everyone to find at least one thing per week that fits into the goodnews category to share to the world. Let's spread some good news and get a more positive vibe going around here.
I totally agree with you. I’ve intentionally avoided anything here on Steemit that could be controversial, because it’s the one place in my life that hasn’t been tainted by argument and insult. I plan on keeping it that way.
I have to believe that for everything any of us disagree about, there are so many more important things that we see eye to eye on! I’m really diggin’ the ‘goodnews’ tag.
Thank you and please think about posting good news too. I'd love to see goodnews show up on the hot or trending lists attached to a long list of positive posts!
Couldn't agree more! Happy you're here! Happy I'm here :)
thank you and I am happy you are here too!
Good for you for being proactive with this move!!
I stopped watching news, interacting with aggressive and argumentative people months ago. Best choice I ever made... no more senseless drama!
I agree with you on this... We'll try to make this community unique.
One step at a time, we will get there!
Good on you for making these decisions. I cut out much tv, radio, newspaper media some years ago and have not regretted it; although my decision was, in part, about the negative influence this media has on us even in many subtle ways, I was also sick of being bombarded with noisy, intrusive and pushy advertising.
It's not always easy pulling yourself out of the sludge of negativity, but once you do .. boy! :D
Thank you! I already feel good about making the change and the pushy advertising is another reason I am doing it. I just want peace and all the "stuff" make it impossible at times.