Social Media's Saving Grace

This morning I wrote about the downside of social media as it specifically pertained to me. In short, it means if you want the whole world to notice you, being choosy about who notices you is not an option. If you put yourself where new friends, and potential customers can find you, the bad guys can find you as well.

The saving grace of the down side of social media is, within minutes of nearly becoming emotionally destroyed by the result of social media, I was also saved by it. I made 477 new friends on Twitter in less than 3 weeks. 6 of those new friends reminded me the magnitude of the kindness of strangers. If I hadn't fished in a sea of millions, I would never have netted the hundreds that held the few that saved me. Social media, in my experience, has been the honey, the venom, AND the antidote!