Social media today is like white rice, the staple food of Indonesian children. Then what side dishes to be four healthy five perfect? Side dishes show off fried, boiled moody, stir-fry envious and sympathetic fake dipresto. Oh yes, impromptu motivator dijuice, fulfill.
Try to admit that we can not take a day without going online in social media. I also admit it. Indeed with a variety of motives anyway. And I will not discuss the motive, because .. mostly.
Recently I had a unique experience between the boundaries of the virtual world and the real world. I had an acquaintance when we attended the same school a few years ago. After graduating school, we never meet again. One day when social media was plaguing, I suddenly saw his name on the phone screen and he invited me to be friends. Then I often see updates about his activities, self images, his current location, even what he ate this second. I also often give a "likes" sign on some of its activities (hehehe). Likewise himself. Great is not the social media. He has met me with a relative who has not met for years. Her beautiful face became very clear. His success is reflected in his check-in check in various cities for corporate events. His food taste is also very good. Sometimes I like to ask about the snow shape of the bear, where is it anyway?
But what I regret, when we meet real, he did not even dare to look at me. If the word does not dare here sounds authoritarian on my side, then perhaps the more appropriate word is reluctant. Why is not I the first one? Want it anyway, but imagine if the person you are going to like does not want to see you (I'm sure the reader knows exactly what the condition is) you must also be reluctant to take the initiative to give greetings. At that time, I was not surprised. Maybe he was embarrassed, maybe shy, probably did not know what to talk about.
Or maybe, in the real world we are not friends? I became a blunder myself.
The developer or social media developer must have a noble purpose and goodwill. In addition to closer distances, social media also acts as a loudspeaker of people who are in real life, noiseless. What does it mean?
Take a look at your social media timeline. Are there people you know in the real world who are quiet, quiet, shy, unresponsive and often do not comment on open discussions in class, at college, or at office meetings. However, when they have entered into their account in social media, they are like people who are desperate to have opinions. They suddenly become responsive, critical, agile, and very actual. They threw up comments as smoothly as in a live discussion. Ludicrous.
Maybe they are embarrassed when talking directly, maybe they are nervous, maybe they are scared, maybe they are not confident, and a thousand others who can support such behavior.
This opinion paper is not to judge social media developers or users. It is only a pity that good intentions are mistaken.
Have you ever looked back to your friends list on your social media? How many? 100, 200, or even 1000 and more than 5000? I was once in the "have thousands of friends on steemit it's cool and means you're.
Let's check our friends list on social media once again. How many of those lists, who actually communicate with you in real? How many do we always greet? How many blahakah ... real friend?
Is not it dangerous to judge our social level from the frequency of our presence in social media? You are not a social man when only socializing behind the computer screen and above the keyboard. Not that your friends much just because you have 5000 connections. How real is your connection?
Have we really become a critical person out there?
Will we really be sympathetic to the affected relatives, more than just emoticons :( or a picture of a split heart?
When asked, I also can not get out of social media. Many good things from the above anomalies that become opium. I already told you, social media like white rice.
So this paper is for my own introspection.
