Social Media #Fail

What is the current obsession with failure?

Why is #fail such a popular social media meme?

How come so many people are happy to ‘stacks-on’ or ‘dog pile’ when someone makes a mistake online?

What possesses trolls to deliberately seek people out and antagonise them?

What possible satisfaction can anyone derive from just finding fault in others?

People make mistakes. I get that.

Companies get things wrong too. I get that.

Sometimes people (and companies) repeat mistakes. Don’t we all?

But when a person or a company makes a mistake, isn’t the public display of that mistake punishment enough?

Is there really any point in jumping on the bandwagon, pointing and screeching for their head to be spiked in the town square?

For what it’s worth, I am over the #fail.

I am for people trying, failing and trying again.

Screw the haters.