@Romain @Jim Jam Just responding to both of yall here since i was also part of the original topic. The original post/comment i was responding to was that JWs that aren't on social media should come on social media to outnumber the apopstates.
I responded with, no, let them have their peace.
Romain agreed with this sentiment
Jim Jam says that we shouldnt avoid the internet because there are apostates here. I agree with this, HOWEVER (And to follow up with what Romain responded with), there are already TONS of us on social media, and I have found out that the second someone finds out you're a JW it becomes a blood bath. You're attacked on all sides, and with the internet being a screen and there's no physical eye to eye with it, people will be more aggressive and more hurtful than they probably would be if you were just doing carts or going door to door. I have tried talking to other people on social media with mixed results (I actually have a friend in Nigeria that's been going to the meetings). However, we shouldn't be actively searching out apostates. We may not have the correct approach for some people (Similarly to the watchtower that we just did. Different approaches need to be used for different people, and we won't know what will reach someone's heart until we you know get to possibly know them a bit more. And in a group of five online apostates your regular approach may reach one of them, but the other four are still gonna be aggressive).
People are going to talk crap about us regardless, but people who arent already online shouldn't run online to find the naysayers. However, if they want to go online to try to find an online JW community then that's cool too, but they should also realize that it's pretty brutal. Just because someone can't physically harass you doesn't mean there arent other ways to tear you down.
A little side note, when I do see discourse online and if i catch a JW in the wild (either by them announcing it, or if i have suspicions, i ask them if Matthew 5:3 means anything to them) i do try to help them out if they are getting outnumbered, or if anything make a new friend.
I hope this makes sense....