Tina Brown Quotes

The dark side of social media is that, within seconds, anything can be blown out of proportion and taken out of context. And it's very difficult not to get swept up in it all.

The Internet is a big place where a lot of people can voice their opinions, and my mother chooses to pick fights with random people from all over the world who don't have the nicest things to say about me.

Anytime I go on Twitter, there's always the good but the bad as well.

The Internet is a bastion of negativity, and we get to sit there and voice our cute, little, important opinions.

The Internet unfortunately means that, although a lot of truth and good stuff can spread as a result of the Internet, I think bad stuff and negativity spreads even more quickly.

An Internet 'relationship' doesn't have to be catastrophically harmful to be inappropriate. Hurtful is bad enough.

I was getting so down on social media because of the political climate and everything on Twitter was so toxic that I wanted off of it.

It's nice to be able to directly speak to fans and thank them for their support. The only time that it can get tricky is when they are unkind or say things that may not be so easy to say if they weren't behind a computer. Bullying is never ok. I personally have only experienced it very infrequently so overall I enjoy Twitter and Instagram but I'm definitely aware of it.

I am often invited to speak at colleges, and whenever I do Q and A's, a question that inevitably comes up is, 'How do you put up with the blogosphere?' It's a valid question, and I don't really know what answer to give. The truth is that I don't know what to do.

Twitter is an open forum and it brings the meanness in people. It shouldn't be taken seriously as at times it's a sadistic thing.

It's the Internet. I'm sure many people know that it's one of the toughest places to be if you're sensitive.

The Internet has transformed the landscape of children's social lives, moving cliques from lunchrooms and lockers to live chats and online bulletin boards and intensifying their reach and power.

That's what Twitter is: a very negative place.

People can hide behind a computer, they can hide behind a cell phone, they can tweet. They can say whatever they want. I'm not worried about them.

People who take time out to dole out opinion on social media are negative people.

My mum and dad have made Twitter accounts, and they will send me links if there is a bad review and tell me they'll find out where the reviewer lives.

People feel emboldened to say things on the Internet they wouldn't in person.

Hollywood, Twitter, our friends - they all contribute to a community of snark. The more we engage in the way that everyone else engages, the more followers, likes, and RTs we get. But we can't rail against the cyberbullies without acknowledging what we also contribute to a culture of cruelty.

It's social media. You can't be thin-skinned.

As I was growing my social media following and doing things in Los Angeles, kids in my school would start to hate on me, tweet me stuff... you name it, they said it to me.

There's a lot of people blocked on my Twitter for various reasons which I don't need to get into.

I do find Twitter to be more negative than Instagram. Instagram is not so bad. I think it's because of the pictures and see a face where on Twitter people forget we are human beings.

People moan about Twitter, people being rude and trolling. Just turn it off. Life goes on.

I've never had a crazy online relationship that's left me vulnerable and embarrassed and humiliated.

When I used to put videos on MySpace, there'd always be someone posting something nasty. To those people, I'd send friend requests, and invariably, they accepted them.