Mason  🏃‍♂️ ✂️

The simultaneous rise of social media (esp. twitter, which never made any delineation between public figures & private citizens) & fall of traditional media in its capacity to curate (or generate $$$) have led to some truly disturbing + sociopathic norms within that profession

There are good reasons to not throw out "seeking tips on this chick" tweets to randoms, one of which being that the world inevitably contains more crazies & liars than people who know anything. Most frightening: it's now a free-to-use tool of intimidation against private citizens

People don't understand how to determine who is or isn't a "public figure" anymore, a descriptor that used to almost always come with resources for maintaining *some* privacy & managing harassment. It's VERY scary to be targeted this way when you don't necessarily have that