One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Shacco's Life Summary

The Internet is Forever After reading Jon Ronson’s article “How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Shacco’s Life,” published February 12, 2015, there are some critiques that can be made. First of all, a summary. The day started out as a normal day for Justine Shacco, a senior director of corporate communications. She was at the airport. She began tweeting about some people around her in the airport, saying things like “Weird German Dude: You’re in First Class. It’s 2014. Get some deodorant” and “Going to Africa. Hope I don’t get AIDS. Just kidding. I’m white!” (Ronson 1). She then turned off her phone for her 11-hour flight. When she landed, her phone was blowing up. Someone had found her tweet and it went viral. People were calling her out

Ronson’s point about how there is a real person on the other side of this really gets to me. Because it really is easy to forget there is another person on the other side of it and that is what makes the internet a scary place. He even reflects on when he was one of the ridiculers, saying it felt “righteous, powerful, and effective.” Ronson soon switched sides realizing the error of his ways. He began seeking out people who were the victims of these attacks, he would interview them and get their side of the story. Most people were destroyed after being publicly shamed, some losing their jobs because of

In his research he found record of a physician noting that “ignominy is universally acknowledged to be a worse punishment than death” (Ronson 3). And going along with that, I can absolutely see how that is true. You’ll always be remembered as the person who did something embarrassing or said something wrong. However, looking at the other side, it is also true that “everyone’s attention span is so short. They’ll be mad about something new [tomorrow]” (Ronson 4). It does seem like the internet finds something new every day to be mad about and finds someone new to ridicule.
In later interviews with Justine, Ronson asks about how her life has been since it all happened. She responds that her life got turned upside down, and that it was hard to find work after it all. In the end, she got a job doing what she loves, in communications. Though not an easy journey because of the crowds of people who don’t forget. Justine realized that any spotlight on her was negative and that she was going to go on living her life with that in mind. Also, just the idea of the mob mentality where you can say anything, and then just blend into the crowd and everyone just piles on is a scary