Arguing on Social Media is Good for You

Facebook and Twitter haven't made us less kind; they've made us less fake. Social media has finally been around long enough that it's no longer considered cool and nonconformist to refuse participation. Instead, it's becoming more and more fashionable to suspend our existing accounts and reevaluate their benefits. Some do regular technology fasts to prevent it from becoming an addiction. Others sever ties with the digital world to reconnect with the physical one. A few bury their head in the proverbial sand because the stories online occasionally hit a little too close to home. But there are those who are just tired of all the opinions. Everyone has one and no one seems to care who gets hurt by it. If trolling wasn't bad enough, the faceless arguments have brought so much criticism to the medium that some are abandoning it altogether. Writer, Amy Julia Becker , recently said in Christianity Today : "I found the amount of anonymous vitriol that emerged