D@mn! ...you discover a free, popular, maybe trending platform and the journey to losing yourself immediately commences. These “little toys” given us as dividends of technological advancements have turned out to be the pivot tool advancing many to their heaven or hell (Death; mentally and/or literally).
To think there’s very little privacy left in our world today with the advent of
social media, it saddens me to see people lose carelessly the little they still
get opportunity to protect. Today there's hardly a thing you do without being
monitored, tracked or STALKED. You were how old when you realized it is
called "Following" for a reason, and what you basically need to do is
click the “Follow” button to have yourself “followed” (hahahahaha!).
It's true
they say "if you have nothing to hide, then you have nothing to
fear". But I tell you, you're better off with fear, than to find yourself
stark naked, and left out in the cold.
"Privacy is the ability of an individual or group to seclude themselves or
information about themselves and thereby reveal themselves SELECTIVELY. “Selectively”
is the operational word here (you gerrit now?). This article might not appeal
to all, for some are now far gone, addicted to bringing their private lives to
the doorsteps of everyone. (Where they tricked by the use of the word “Friends”?)
(***laughs***). What is the essence of “Followers” who wouldn’t even do what
you ask them to? (LoL, I hope you see youre on your own?)
Let’s put our hand together for “Team
Giveaway”, the most vulnerable “member of the family”, just a word search, and
their Bank details are in the market square, phew!
It's apparent some actually have lost
control of their control-mechanisms.
I identify this day, with a chosen few whose thoughts resonate with mine on
this subject, and I cry help for those whose lives are by now lost, and out of
their own hands. Perhaps it’s even now too late to say “EGUNGUN BE CAREFUL”.
REFLECTION:
Look what we've done
to ourselves, is there still something we can boast has remained personal to us
since the birth of social media and most recently, the craze of CONTENT
CREATION?
It'll gladden
my heart to see some beat their chests, boldly confirming they haven't let all
loose already. To convince/change the addicted with this piece, I know is a herculean
task, as a note will not contain all my heart has got to pour, and spiritually
speaking, it still hasn't been given to man to change another man. But I’ll
take it in good faith, hoping these direct and indirect-words would help
commence a mental-rehabilitation work and eventual cure a few of "Diarrhea
of The Finger".
I’m right here and now drawn into the deepest of soliloquy, asking myself deep
questions like;
HOW MUCH OF ME HAVE I CARELESSLY LEFT ONLINE IN MY SHORT PERIOD OF
EXPLORING SOCIAL MEDIA?
I must be open enough to create a space in this piece to let you know I'm pro-social
media, and a believer in the fact that the same has led to a number
technological advancements, Human capacity development, Interpersonal
relationships and Family Bonding, but to mention a few. And all these has
brought about so much benefits to mankind. Well, of course without it also, I
will not be reaching out to you. Having acknowledged its obvious pluses, I
still will not fail to emphasize again that we be watchful and careful, so we
don't give our entire lives away through it. And when you're 'Browsing' like we
call it, always remember;
IT’S A 'WEB', BE CAREFUL SO YOU DON'T GET 'WEBBED'.
Finally, to that select section of my audience, (sufferers of the aforementioned
disease/condition), I hope you'll scream OMG! and make a good change, when it
dawns on you that you're carelessly throwing away, every second, a vital part
of your privacy, and hence life!
Olalekan Akogun (The
Wordsmith™)
X: @Olalekanakogun
(c) 2024.