Empathy to our “friends” on social media platforms

The importance of empathy in our friendships. Most people would agree that we need to be considerate when dealing with our friends. Does the same apply when it comes to our friends on social media platforms?

To tag, post, share or not.  What are your thoughts?

Do you have an agreement with your friends to tag them? Do you tag your friends in posts or images that are of no interest to them? Do you know how they feel about this? Do you care?

Over the last few weeks, I have seen that quite a number of my facebook friends posted a request on their wall, asking their “friends” to refrain from tagging them and posting messages or images on their wall that are of no interest to them.

The list of irritations include:

Join my cause.

Being tagged in a post or image that is of no interest to the owner of the wall or page.

Being tagged in images that discriminate against a particular group.

Do you post anything on your friend's walls while you set your settings so nobody could post on your wall or tag you, unless they respond to one of your posts?

Do you think that it is acceptable to post or tag your friends in anything and everything that you wish?

Do you think that they are just over-sensitive when they complain?

Do you do this or have you been on the receiving end?

Regardless of which side of the fence you are on, you can participate in the discussion tomorrow (Tuesday) morning. If you see your friends' wall as yours or if you have a problem with friends who do this, send your text message to the studio. The number to use is 33343. Text messages charged at R1, 50 per text message.

What is your Empathy challenge?

If you have a particular challenge around empathy in any of your relationships, you can send a text message to the RSG studio, every week day, between 09h00 & 12h00. We may be focusing on your challenge next. The number to use is 33343. Text messages charged at R1, 50 per text message.

Andeline Williams-Pretorius is an Inspirational Speaker / Trainer / Counsellor / Author / Empathy & relationship expert.

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Thank you,

Yours in Empathy

Andeline