Journalist moans about people mourning for Bowie, probably now regrets her tweet about Michael Jackson

Times journalist Camilla Long tweeted some thoughts on Monday about the internet's reaction to the death of David Bowie.

There was a common grief online - Bowie's death came as a shock and lots of people were eager to air their sadness.

But Long was having none of it:

Naturally, people on Twitter were quick to get emotional about a journalist getting emotional about the internet being all emotional.

This feed shows a great deal of offence taken.

Some people pointed out that Long has in the past tweeted about the deaths of others, expressing - albeit in a more subdued manner - her thoughts.

A lot of people reproduced this comment at the time of Michael Jackson's death as an example:

Here's another:

Hundreds chimed in:

But while many questioned Long's annoyance at such stark social media mourning, the writer claimed that her Earth Song tweet was a joke.

And a lot of people agreed with her - or at least supported the premise that social media grief is a bit naff.

It was all a bit intense. Let's allow comedian Rob Delaney to close preceedings - maybe this was, or perhaps still is, indeed the case...

HT David Gilbert