There was a time when we kept records of only official
papers and now we can even keep intact what we said on a particular day or time
on social media. Social life is not limited to face-to-face conversations it
has grown and secured a place of itself. You mind may not be able to recall
what you said at a certain point of time, but these Social Platforms remember
each and everything. Sometimes this proves to be a nasty thing and the other
times a blessing. A smooth life can go upside-down when someone referring to
these social records says in anger, "Oh you said this that day"! Same
thing later fills you with grief, if some day you again come across it. We still
find old posts of ours on Facebook and recall the old memories, what all good
or bad happened; even others can also look back in our Profiles further
interpreting the updates we make guessing out, "oh this may be happening
in his or her life". Social Media has become a behavior interpretation
tool. People peep into our minds and try to infer what’s happening in our
lives; this is an inherent trait of humans, only they have got a proper tool
now.
In this age of total dominance of social record platforms
like Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, some other novice apps emerged with a
totally opposite feature. Apps like Snapchat and Poke are based on the idea of
not storing any Chat Conversations. Means you move only towards future leaving
behind the shadows of the past; isn't that good for us? I've myself realized
that many times I regret something I had posted, i still do have option to
delete it but the post had already done its work - people have viewed, formed
perceptions, interpretations and circulated in the circle. It’s all done. The
thing is like protecting all your past, whether good or bad, coming across it
in your present; we are actually not moving on.
I liked the idea of Snapchat, say whatever you want to and
it vanishes after a few minutes. Leads to more freedom of speech, a carefree
mindset and a liberty from past. It’s always good to live in your present and
think about your future than living in your past. No over exposure of our
personal lives, no retrieval and reuse, only new creations. Isn't that
something awesome for our social health? Moreover, when you know it's going to
be there only for a short amount of time, you will pay attention to it. Many a
times it happens you are with friends or family taking out pictures and
suddenly one would say "Don't Post them on Facebook"! And you are all
thumbs down because you wanted to share them with people. People at times don't
like to post on Facebook like platforms because they know that it will be there
always giving out room to continued forming of perceptions and interpretations,
which can be injurious to one’s life at any point of time. But the Disposable
Social Media self-destructs whatever is shared, and you are free. This seems to
give rise to a sea of new applications.
So what you opine, still Traditional Social Media or
Disposable Social Media, is healthy for our lives?
Deeper thought would be, you want to always keep your past
intact or be only in present and move on towards future...
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