Justin Gaethje Quotes

As much good as it does, social media can also encourage stupidity and degradation.

The internet is like a gossipy girls' locker room after school, isn't it?

I love Twitter, you know? I try to read everything I can on Twitter. You get so much nice feedback about stuff, you know you just put out a sentence and everybody laughs or everybody's just sending something back. It's amazing. Same with Facebook, you know? I'm a lot on Facebook and it's just - it's just amazing. And YouTube, of course, as well.

I think Twitter is best when it sparks conversations elsewhere. To use YouTube and Facebook and all the tools we have available to us today to respond and also promote and answer and engage is awesome.

It's amazing how directly you can connect with people via social media.

Why do we even use hashtags? It's just like a sub-thought. Who clicks on hashtags? Nobody.

When I set up my Web site, I made a guestbook so kids can write to me there, and that's become one of the most popular parts of the site.

In reality, if there are 200 people commenting on something online, it's less than a grain of salt in a huge beach of humanity - who cares?

I'm a bit of a lurker on Reddit.

YouTube is covered in comments that would be better expressed - and better spelled - via a simple thumbs-up or down.

Social media affords me an opportunity to interact with fans on a daily basis, not just for a few seconds apiece at a science-fiction convention.

I think social media is good for promotion, stuff like that, but people are so negative. People are too negative. If you read the comments, it's just too negative.

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.

I think that's the thing I love about making content online - you get instant response.

I love Instagram and Twitter, and I think it's awesome that fans can connect with their favorite artists, but it also gives them a chance in that comment box to say what they really feel about them.

With Twitter and Tumblr, it's easy to get lost in the tidal wave of feedback from fans.

I try and stay away from my comment section on Twitter. But for the most part, the response that I get usually is very positive - and so it's nice.

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

I have to say, I worry about Twitter. Not that it will survive - they don't need my blessing for that - but that it will stay the kind of open, community-enhancing-and-enabling site that made it flourish at the outset.

Comments are my main way to communicate with you bros.

I think it hurts blogs when they have to turn off their comments.

Anyone can use these sites - companies and colleges, teachers and students, young and old all make use of networking sites to connect with people electronically to share pictures, information, course work, and common interests.

We created the 'Like' feature in FriendFeed because I realized that people wanted an easy way to let others know that they saw what their friends posted and appreciated it. Putting in those simple little gestures is very powerful.

Remember all of the 'me too' social networks built just to have a social feature Facebook and MySpace didn't have? I built one for political discussion called Essembly. It enabled unique and potentially transformative social interactions, but only 20,000 people ever used it.

The interesting thing about the Internet is that it has created a kind of alternative circle of friends for people.