Twitter has become the platform where people have been known to bash other people. People think they can talk about other people without using their name and consider it as a “subtweet.” A subtweet is when someone is referring to another individual but refrains from using their name. And although they don’t use a specific name, the person who they are subtweeting knows they are talking about them because to them, it will be obvious.

First off, saying things online that you wouldn’t say to someone’s face should not happen in the first place, but it does all the time. Some people “subtweet” to get the person they are trying to target to see the message they want him or her to see.

One instance in particular has recently occurred where one was trying to get an overall message out to people and maybe a few specific individuals. A tweet that was put out by an unnamed retail worker said, “Stop harassing retail workers and messing up stores for your stupid vlogs that nobody watches. Y’all are annoying and childish.” This tweet had to do with specific instances that kept occurring at her place of employment. She was simply doing her job when a group of individuals were filming a video for their YouTube channel and they were messing around with her and asking her inappropriate questions, getting into things they shouldn’t, and knocking stuff off shelves. The culprit of the tweet was annoyed and therefore, made the tweet. One of the people tweeted back to the original tweet saying that the opinion was “irrelevant” and that they put back everything they messed up. Then they said she needs to keep her opinion to herself. According to the unnamed retail worker, “People tend to get upset over things that might not necessarily even be about them. General statements can be taken personally and then end up in silly arguments.”

Honestly, you’ve got to admit that although Twitter fights are entertaining to watch happen and read, they are childish and often times people wouldn’t say the things they say online to people’s faces.