We all had our fair share of social media. We've posted, tweeted, shared, and commented countless times. This generation has completely gone mad under the influence of internet. I, too, am guilty of the severity of my social media use.
Even with the slugging 3.1 mbps internet speed here in our country, for three straight years, the Philippines secured the top spot in social media usage. Though transactions and businesses are made easier through the emergence of social media, there is and always will be a counterpart, specifically on the productivity and morality of Filipinos.
The online world has greatly influenced every person who is an active social media user. That is why, contents of videos photos and posts should promote wellness and better understanding among all users like here in read.cash. Clearly, the World Wide Web is as diverse and vast like ocean, and we can all admit to that. Almost everything we need to know is just a keyboard typing away.
Nonetheless, there are pages and accounts that encourage substantive contents. Like raising awareness on important issues like HIV, violence against women and children, and even uplifting the humanity. We can go on a lifetime discussing all the good things that are posted online and the other things made to our advantage.
However what still bothers me is how hate is exquisitely established online. And this question is bound to get raised.
No one is safe online, security is not guaranteed as well. Let me shed some light to all the hate, absurdity, and the toxicity of unsolicited opinions posted and viewed on the internet. These social media platforms lack the system through which they can control, mitigate, and block hate speech, swearing, and nonsensical contents.
Everyone has the freedom to access and create. With the availability of the internet, anyone can publish pages or accounts, and create posts; there are actually no requirements needed in doing so. It Is free to everyone who has the resources. What frightens me is the fact that anyone can generate negativity, hate, and immorality. And it is actually happening now.
More so, there's no age limit in accessing social media. As a matter of fact even six-year olds have Facebook accounts and it is only a matter of the usage literacy. And this is
"It is a mere platform for communicating that failed its sole purpose - to connect.
both some, most especially now that the younger generation is welcomed and overwhelmed with the use of technology.
Social media is not television or the radio, there are no parental warnings or viewer discretions. Not all posts have their rated warning signs. sometimes there are plain captions with swearing that are very defamatory to another it is a mere platform for communicating that failed its sole purpose- to connect.
Kudos to the parents who impose control and discipline among their children, but still no one is guaranteed the immunity from the harms of the online world.
Facebook has become an avenue for gossip and fights. Some would even use it as a threat, if you do wrong and happened to mess with an online keyboard warrior prepare yourself to trend online. That has become the order of business, rather than settling matters personally and formally, people fight and say mean things online,
On Twitter, as you dive deeper, there is this so called. 'alter verse' where people can go discreet through their 'alter accounts.' Pornography is hailed in these accounts, l am not condemning this sort. I am worried about the age limit of the audience because there is no such thing as age limit in Twitter. Just a couple of searching and tapping and you are welcomed to this alter world that is not appropriate for younger ages.
Moreover, YouTube has the same problematic issue, it is now bombarded with 'vloggers' and influencers.' There are no such things as interviews and applications to post on YouTube. A three year old can just mis-click videos and view violent, horror, or worst; sexual one.
Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and all the other social media platforms do not have the system where they can manage every thing that is happening under there noses. We can't say they a responsible for all the negativity online, because people will always find ways to cause toxicity. But, thanks God @Read.Cash platform able to manage it. Congratulations to the @Read.Cash team.
As the song. Love rt If We Made It by The 1975 goes, "modernity has failed us," we created modernity and it will keep on failing us, if we can't simply be kind and modest with our own intentions.
Yes, this article shows what is the reality of social media.