dr molly tov

i'm not your social media therapist

Two different people today have sent me screenshots or showed me social media threads in which they got into a pointless online argument with someone who is probably a bot and whose mind definitely will not change as a result of the "interaction."

Last week, there was one person who did this. The week before, two.

I'm not sure if this is actually becoming more common or if I'm just more aware of it, but folks: I left social media on purpose and for this reason. I am not going to continue looking at that shit or validating your side of the pointless bot arguments.

If you need someone to make it okay you're having social media arguments, you already don't feel okay about it and should stop doing it.

And if you need a therapist to tell you that, at least pay one.