How social media ruined social manners!
Someone once said: “There is no protocol for emails or messages on social media, since one is available when one wants, and when you do not want you just make yourself unavailable, is not like receiving a phone call or an SMS which has a more urgent connotation.” I argue very deeply with this statement. My mobile phone is my property, and it is part of my daily used items and I choose to use it as I please. However, if I wish to not be disturbed nor contacted in real life after “normal” socially accepted hours of the day, I expect the same rules to apply to contacting someone on their phone, be it through a phone call or through social media. Disturbing someone early in the morning or late at night just because you are bored is RUDE. Others don’t decide for me on how I should use my phone. I don’t have to switch it off to make them understand that they are not supposed to call me late at night. I need my phone to stay on at night for emergencies, and emergencies only. As for ...