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so much nonsense in one post.
Goes on to post a wall of nonsense.
People don't use twitter to search for loved ones, don't be an idiot.
It's one resource that someone might use. Are you telling me that if you were looking for someone, and your phone wasn't working, you'd think "nah can't be fucked with Twitter"? You'd use every resource available.
And if they did, as a last resort, check someone's twitter account to see if they posted
I'm not really talking about people seeing if they've been active and made a recent post, Facebook is more likely to be the resource there. Then again, many people use Twitter but not Facebook, so some people might want to check out if their sister has been online. They can do that easily without having to filter through the virtue signallers, by simple checking their feed.
And if you're looking at twitter to find out where emergency shelters are or to get updates on the news, you don't deserve to find your family. Use google, you fucking idiot.
You do realise that the information probably finds its way onto Twitter first, right? Local emergency services run Twitter feeds, and news agencies pick up on these. That's how journalism works these days, journalists are lazy and basically rely on Twitter to do their job for them. A google search is not going to yield desirable results as quickly as Twitter when it comes to world events as they are happening.
And I'm not sure if you've heard of this invention, but nowadays there's phones that use satellites. So no, the phone lines don't get overwhelmed during a disaster and therefore you have to rely on twitter lol.
Of course you'll try phoning them first. What if they don't answer? Here's a fun activity for you... google "finding loved ones after a disaster". Obviously, they recommend using social media. Obviously.
I'm just saying there's reasons people can express concern about something besides just trying to make themselves look good.
Sure there are. There's a big difference between "hey Mom, hope you're ok, see you soon x" and "omg how horrible, that tsunami looks scary, hope everyone is ok, pray for #Indonesia". The difference is that on the one hand you're directly communicating with someone you know, on the other you're posting inane crap that makes nobody feel better except perhaps other virtue signallers who are completely unaffected by the disaster and somehow think what they read was a nice thing to read.
I'll accept sometimes people are virtue signalling if you accept sometimes they genuinely think they're message is doing some good.
We're not negotiating here. I don't give a fuck what you accept. And there's a huge difference between thinking you're doing good, and actually doing good. I don't doubt these people think they are doing good, if they didn't they wouldn't do it because they wouldn't expect to look and feel good as a result. Anyone who thinks a message to people they don't know is helping is a moron, especially when the vast majority of posts relating to the topic are others doing exactly the same.
These people who "think they're doing good" are whoring for likes and shares, and trying to to the absolute bare minimum to "help" so they can feel good about themselves. Virtue signalling.
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Originally Posted by MadMojoMonkey
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