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Arnold's Pump Club

#84: Arnold's Thoughts About Social Media

Arnold's Pump Club

Arnold's Pump Club

Health & Fitness, Fitness

4.92.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

What happens when millions of people are free to share all their thoughts on social media? Arnold has a unique perspective on the benefits and anti-social risks of social interaction.

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0:00.0

Welcome back to another episode of Arnold's Pump Club.

0:03.2

Last week I was all over the place selling my book.

0:06.7

During that time I've tried to thank as many of you as I can on social media for

0:11.4

letting me know you ordered it.

0:13.4

Some people tell me I'm crazy or it's wild

0:16.4

that I thank so many people,

0:18.3

but I think it would be insane, not to.

0:21.0

What kind of person doesn't thank someone for supporting a project they spent so much

0:25.2

time working on? All the messages on social media also made me realize something else.

0:32.1

I estimate about 90% of the replies are

0:35.0

friendly and fantastic and then the other 10% are really angry and mean. I've told

0:40.2

you before that my social media strategy is ignoring the haters.

0:45.0

But I've taken note because out there promoting a book to make people better because they

0:50.2

will make the world better. What I've found is this social media

0:55.5

makes a lot of people anti-social.

0:58.5

When I read some of these messages,

1:00.4

I know these people would never say this in real life social situations at the gym or a restaurant

1:07.0

if you start yelling at someone in the real world that they're a commy liberal loser you're going to be ostracized. On social media, you're rewarded. I learned

1:18.2

that there is research that shows people become meaner on social media because it's the negative posts

1:26.9

that get likes.

1:28.6

I started to wonder why don't I ever hear this?

1:31.2

I am a public guy. People come up to me after my workout every day to shake my

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