Cringe is The New Cool

Ideally, you want the work you post online to be copied and spread to every corner of the Internet, so don’t post things online that you’re not ready for everyone in the world to see.

But other people do care, or at least they care about their own social-media-induced self-awareness. Earlier this year, a tweet that read ‘Why is posting on Instagram so embarrassing?’ attracted nearly 100,000 likes, 11,500 retweets and a deluge of commiserating comments, including: ‘Idk I cringe when I post that’s why I archived all of them and ha

Write confidently and declaratively. A lot of people hesitate to “make a point” or “take a stance” when writing online because they don’t want to get criticized in the comments. As a result, their writing stands for nothing, and resonates with no one. It’s safe. It’s self-conscious. And worst of all, it’s vague. The more declarative you can be with