{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Ghosts, Trolls and other critters","description":" The 2 Per-Specht-ives Podcast gets spooky in the current age of communication by shining a light on ghosting and trolls.  Hosts David and Joshua Specht dive into the uncomfortable side of texting and social media today, and figure out the how, why and next steps to get over these 21st Century irritations. Your generational lesson: We are all going to have messages ghosted and get trolled by someone on social media, it\u2019s up to us to be intentional in following up on important messages and our responses, if any, to the trolls.  Your Gen. X Advice: Ghosting is a priority thing \u2014 if a text was sent and didn\u2019t answer, that person is busy. If it\u2019s important and you need an answer, you need to follow up. Your Gen. Z Advice: As we encounter trolls, we need to ask ourselves if there\u2019s any truth in whatever they\u2019re saying. And, we can\u2019t go on the offensive and let our mad get our money. We\u2019ve all been ghosted \u2014 have someone quit responding to your texts or calls. In fact, it goes way back to avoiding a phone call thanks to caller id or ignoring messages left on answering machines, but it wasn\u2019t so rampant. Now, there are more options and  ways to ghost people. Realize that ghosting is a priority thing. With texts, you know people received the text because their phones are glued to them. But if a text was sent and unanswered, give that person the grace that he\/she is busy and missed it, or is too focused on their current task to respond. If you call or send a text\/email and don\u2019t get a response \u2014 don\u2019t assume that person never got it or it\u2019s being ignored. It\u2019s up to you to follow up with another text or phone call if you need a response on something important. Social media has created a wave of trolls \u2014 social media users who can attack your character with no repercussions \u2014 and we often have to be the bigger person and ignore it.  As we encounter trolls, we need to ask ourselves if there\u2019s any truth in whatever they\u2019re saying. We also have to ask if these types of comments physically affect our daily lives, because if they\u2019re not, then we need to let it go. However, one company has proved that we can make being snarky a part of our business brand. Wendy\u2019s has proved how their humorous trolling of other commenters and competitors on social media can go viral and give free publicity. ","author_name":"2-Per-Specht-ives","author_url":"http:\/\/davidaspecht.com","html":"