LZ Granderson Quotes

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

I just think the Internet has made us ruder.

With social media, there is a fashion that we speak louder than we think. It has just become a platform where people just judge and spread anger and hate.

On the Internet, everybody has an opinion about everything, but if you're smart, you know when to keep your mouth shut.

I know it's very 'old media' of me to admit this, but I am often unnerved by the lack of civility on the Web.

We think that there is this terrible idea that the kids are digital natives... and they know what they're doing, but all the evidence says that they're hanging around going, 'Where are you, I'm here, can I post my picture?' They're not actually writing wikis; they're not actually listening to great poets live.

I'm just so against kids being on Twitter because they are not thinking about the ramifications of what they are saying or the emotion of how they say it.

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

The country would be a lot better off if we stopped having comment sections. And if we got rid of Twitter.

I have often said social media is a race to the bottom.

Social media, to me, has got out of hand. Why can't we all be nice to each other?

Norman Parke needs to stay off of Twitter before he gets himself in a fight he can't win.

You shouldn't say things on social media that you wouldn't say to someone's face.

People bring up tweets that I don't even remember, and my general response is, 'I don't know if I said it. I probably said it.' It's just part of what I do.

I don't need to be on any micro-blogging site, because people don't think about what they say there. At times, people abuse, and it is too harsh for me to handle.

I realized that that Golden Rule does not exist online. You are not held to that same standard as when there is a teacher in the room or someone monitoring behavior.

Never post anything personal to your Facebook wall. Or anyone else's, for that matter. Only snitches and teachers look at Facebook.

Sorting through what social conventions we ought to adopt for the Internet is a pretty tricky and complicated topic. I think we are just going to live through a lot of these issues until we discover what social norms make sense.

And if you get caught up in combing the Internet for what people think of you or how people perceive you, I think that's a slippery slope.

The Internet does not have a reputation as being a particularly civilized place.

How do you manage your online identity? It's something I talk about with my students all the time.

Social media is changing the way we communicate and the way we are perceived, both positively and negatively. Every time you post a photo, or update your status, you are contributing to your own digital footprint and personal brand.

Twitter can be great and very bad.

And remember don't high post when you're far from home, and high posting when you're all alone.

I have learned not to feed the trolls. I just don't respond.