Time is our most valuable resource and to waste it means failure in a struggle against the desolation of everything living in the world.
There are an infinite amount of actions we can choose to spend our finite time on, and, unfortunately, the internet can often goad us into not only wasting our own time, but others as well.
Most internet conflicts are useless and only produce emotional desolation and strife. A very select few people can utilize these destructive conversations for personal gain, but most (even those with platforms) cannot.
There are obviously conflicts well worth having, but I think the way most social media spaces operate tip the scales out of our favor, serving up meaningless conflict which cannot be usefully salvaged for political or intellectual gain.
The risk of mobilizing a following into a useless, mass-time-wasting event cannot and should not be ignored by anyone who takes our current plight seriously.
The reason one of the oldest and most commonly reinforced rules of my community is "only raid with love" is because most of the time, sharing love is a very effective way to encourage mutual, healthy growth and connection between communities, while online conflict rarely accomplishes anything.
I want my followers to only engage in conflict online when it really matters. When it is not wasteful or damaging to the things that matter, which includes them and their emotional well being. I'd rather spend my time encouraging them to support the people they believe in and are inspired by.
