#Lazonarosa: guide to social networks during quarantine
Who would have thought so: we have to stay at home, safe, for entire weeks because of the Coronavirus.
This quarantine is something new and mysterious and each of us experiences it differently. There are those who cook, those who dedicate themselves to loved ones, those looking for a way to keep children busy and those who work in smartworking, in pajamas, without having to take the means.
Although we are all busy finding something to do, it is inevitable to stay up to date through TV, newspapers and social networks. Unfortunately, however, shaking the boards of our favorite social networks, we often run into the posts of someone who just can't say his or her opinion without being offensive to others and this causes us a lot of stress. It would be nice to do a detox, but let's face it: it's not easy to do it when our lives are hectic, let alone right now!
Here is a small "survival guide" to social media during the quarantine, a kind of etiquette that helps us to juggle this real fauna of the web.
But first, some tips to keep in touch with our loved ones, even from a distance:
The improvised influencers
Every occasion is good to take a selfie: from monuments to fallen soldiers to masks. For some people, being on the spot is as fundamental as it is pointless, considering that they are not real influencers and that, following them, there are really four cats. They are not harmful, at most they give us a hint of bitterness thanks to the reckless lack of good taste that they find themselves.
The antidote: a deep breath and let's move on, they're harmless after all.
Forbidden: participate in shitstorm (disproportionately offensive comments) under their photos.
The snake relatives
You know that cousin who has always and only commented on football events?
Now that everything is suspended, even the games of his favorite team, he has suddenly become a virologist. But also a politician, an anthropologist and an expert in conspiracies.
That aunt whose only purpose in life was to bake cakes and post photos of other cakes? A few days ago she left the pastry shop to devote herself to preventive safety measures: she sure would have known what to do, unlike the competent authorities.
The antidote: comment only when strictly necessary (therefore never)
Prohibited: try to discuss politics, they are the same people you will find at the table at Christmas.
Read also: Small survival guide to family celebrations
The fake news spreaders
Their posts and their messages studded with red and flashing emoticons, all strictly capitalized, warn us: be careful because this statement is true and comes from a "nurse from Naples!"
After ten minutes, the same message arrives that has as its source a bartender from Bergamo, until, at the end of the day, you have collected thirty-six improbable versions of the same news.
The antidote: usually, it is most people who send this news with the sole purpose of helping us agées of the family. Thank them (and silence them on whatsapp)!
Forbidden: being aggressive and not responding to very good morning: if the grandmother sends you a message with flowers and kittens and you don't answer, you are truly heartless!
Jackals, ogres, trolls and other mythological figures
Not everyone likes black humor. A measured dose of black humor makes us smile, gives us a base of irony with which to fight the uncertainty of this life. In its heavier forms, however, black humor can be more or less appreciated by everyone. This is why a public profile on a social network, in the midst of a global epidemic that is making many people suffer and worry, is not a good idea.
In this crazy world that is the internet, unfortunately, there are people who do not even limit themselves to writing things of dubious taste on their profiles but who look for posts and popular groups to publish unpleasant and offensive comments, often hidden by a false name. Not to mention the looting of those who shoot and share videos of people leaving in an ambulance just for profile views.
The antidote: they are usually idlers who only try to anger others. Just ignore them and sooner or later they will give up.
Forbidden: to answer! You would open a chasm of vulgarity and wickedness from which you can only get out, alas, defeated. At most, blocked and reported without mercy.
