Anika Noni Rose Quotes

With Twitter people oddly feel accountable for what they write. When someone is unkind, the community rallies like you wouldn't believe to shut it down.

I have this really bad habit of doing things on the Internet and forgetting that the whole world is going to see it.

Don't say anything online that you wouldn't want your mother to read.

I have to wonder if some part of the difficulty in dealing with the repercussions of your actions on the Internet is just that we were not ever really built for being able to conceive of a global community of anything.

I've always enjoyed Twitter. I enjoy it a lot less now that I'm in WWE, I'll be honest. Because the number of idiots that have access to you is exponentially more. I feel like people shouldn't be able to tweet whatever they want without consequences.

To the trolls on the internet, I want to say: Get your head out of the computer. Go outside and walk around. Look at the people walking next to you. Look at your friends' friends and who they're interacting with. And just understand this is the world we live in. It's okay to like it.

Anonymity is no excuse for stupidity.

Particularly on social media, there is that level of detachment, some people feel like they can say whatever pops in their head .

Everyone's going to have a racist tweet, a homophobic tweet, a xenophobic tweet, a misogynist tweet. Everyone's going to have a tweet or a post or something that's not going to be ideal, and because of that, you can't really throw stones too hard at the people that do, because if we examined your life in every way, shape, or form, went through every single post with a fine-toothed comb and under that microscope, would it come out all sunshine and lollipops?

It sucks for me, because now I have to not be as crazy as I am on the Internet. Which totally sucks, because it's not going to be fun anymore. But the repercussions are really bad. Like, Taylor Swift fans are really crazy. They threatened to murder me and stuff. It's really bizarre, and disgusting. They're the worst people in the world.

If I was on Twitter, I'd probably get in trouble pretty quickly.

People put dates on any kind of comment that you make.

A lot of people say there's no such thing as cancel culture and then you name an example and they're, like, 'That person deserved it,' so then there is cancel culture, but it works in its accountability.

Trolling can be a great way to engage with the world, a way to regain self-esteem and happiness, or, dare I say it, a way of life.

If I've learned anything from social media, it's truly that the most irrelevant people always say the most absurd stuff.

Most parents would not hesitate to assume responsibility for their child's behavior on a playground, at school, or in someone else's home. What happens online should be no different. Parents should talk with their children about computer ethics, stipulate rules of conduct, and - most importantly - establish consequences.

A reputation takes years and years and years to build, and it takes one press of a button to ruin it. Don't let that happen to you. You've done so much work; you've put in so much effort. Don't let one moment ruin your entire life because you wanted to be funny or you were mad or because you had a mood.

If the internet has taught me anything it is that people are either heroes or they belong in the bin.

You can still say whatever you want to say on social media, but you have to be willing to stand by your words.

While the Internet has allowed for some extraordinary progress in creating conversations about diversity, it also allows uninformed comments that one has made in the past to live forever.

I don't really think before I tweet.

As players we have to be careful what we put out there and make sure everything we do is appropriate. And it is not always easy.

There are consequences for just expressing generally conservative views. And if those views take on the more extreme dint, the judgment can be swift.

Instagram is wonderful in so many ways, but it's also something that should be used with respect - for yourself and for other people.

If you use social media right, you will piss people off. It's actually recommended!