"The internet
is forever."
- Criminal Minds
It was the most
striking quote I will always remember from one of my favorite crime series.
Since it has proven in one of its episode how things put on the web will remain
a part of our life. Cliché? Well, on the other hand, maybe it is not just
another cliché.
First year college
ako ng una akong gumamit ng internet. It was also then when I came to know
MIRC, Yahoo! Chat at ang magresearch ng COPY_PASTE. It was the 2002. Maraming
information available sa internet. Then after that, 2008… I came to the world
of FACEBOOK… walang privacy… lahat public… lahat welcome… at nawindang ako sa
dami ng friends ko sa FB. I admit, kilala ko sila by name. As FB would say,
Acquiantance… parang ang daming unwanted comments. Then, online games na
kelangan ng maraming friends para maglevel up. At duon ako nagkaroon ng mas
maraming friends. After that, nag-upgrade ang FB. Unti-unti nagkaroon ng ayos,
nagkaroon ng mas maraming privacy options at mas organized ang friends. And now - the new FB.
OPINIONS JUDGING
CIRCUS PERFORMERS
I have been online
since 2002 and am a very active online person and has proven that the internet,
especially the social media is all but a circus of human lives. A circus filled
with gay clown, colorful banners and flyers, shows here and there, bragging all
what a performer can do. Since the social media show is but a spectacle,
spectators and performers have different stories to tell. Okay let's make my
point clear:
We
see something happen to our place - something happened to our life. We post it
and sometimes, most of the time, post it on a social group where people from
your community virtually gather. That is the show and you or they are the
performers.
Then,
if it is a hot topic, it will be a trending one. Flooding your notifications
with likes, comments and photo/sticker comments. Commentators are the
spectators - having a wide array of opinion, from a simple one to a very nerdy
opinion. Name it… you have all of these.
We will be reading many IF's, BUT's, and WHATEVER's.
What
the audience would share is simply what they "believed they saw" and
their opinion about it. So kung tayo ay tagapakinig na lang ng kwento syempre
paniniwalaan natin ang kwento ng nakakita dahil wala tayo don. And our opinion
would be based on the later. And again,
we post our commentaries.
At the end of the
day, a performer is judged based on opinions not FACTS. Madalas, matagal nang tapos ang show,
pinag-uusapan pa…
With all due respect
my dear readers, we have our varied opinions on issues that affects us one way
or the other. We are all entitled to this and even our constitution has given
us the privilege to express the same. But as a saying goes, with great power
comes great responsibility. What we opined against (or in favor of) another
ONLINE will leave a mark on their lives affecting them and their loved ones.
NOT A CHANNEL OF
REKLAMO
Facebook and other
social networking sites have become the internet's version of ISUMBONG MO KAY
TULFO. We post all our complaints from all angles of our lives. Another show.
And what is worst (as far as I have experienced so far) are gripes against person/s
who doesn't even have a facebook account to start with. Yes, it happens!
Likas na ata sa atin
ang may reklamo. Pag natalo ang beto sa isang laro, reklamo, POST IT! hanap ng
kasiraan ng iba. Pag di maganda ang ipinakitang ugali, POST IT! Dumaranas ng
sakit sa buhay, reklamo, POSTED! Kung ang facebook ay isang malaking board, puno
na yan ng POST IT notes. Ang hilig nating magpost ng ating reklamo. Pero ano
nga ba ang nangyayari?
Konti lang
nangyayari pag ganun:
- Nakakita ng kakampi ung nagpost - dahil kung magpost ka publicly ng reklamo, maraming magkokoment in your favor… kasi nakita nila ung side ng story mo. So dadami ang kakampi mo at dadami ang di pabor sa inireklamo mo.
- Nakakita ng kaaway ung nagpost - Dahil nga malayang magkakapalitan ng opinion at sagot ka naman ng sagot sa comments nila, pag di kayo magkasundo, galit-galit na muna.
- Walang nahita / walang nangyari - totoo naman. Walang mangyayari. Nagreklamo ka lang. Hanggang nailabas mo lang ung saloobin mo.
- Minsan, swerte mo kung masosolusyunan ang reklamo mo.
Ganito:
May isang FB user
ang nagpost ng REKLAMO nya sa FB tungkol sa isang taong, sumira sa kanilang
pagluluksa sa pagyao ng kanilang mahal sa buhay. SOBRANG haba ng post. It
garnered a hundred plus comments. Sobrang tindi ng reklamo nya. AS IN PARANG
IBINAON NA NYA SA PUTIKAN UNG TAONG INIREKLAMO NYA. Ang problema, hindi actual
na nakita ng TAONG Concerned. At hayun nahusgahan na nga. Nagreklamo sya sa
isang virtual world na punong puno ng komentarista. Pero hindi nya nagawang
humarap sa TAMANG TAO AT KINAUUKULAN para ihain ang mga hinaing. Nakarating din
sa kinauukulan pero dahil sa nangyaring kwentuhan. PERO ang sabi nung TAONG
inireklamo:
"Wala
naman akong FB, anong pakialam ko?"
Parang nakakainsulto
di ba? Kung ikaw ung nagreklamo. Pero magandang outlook yon nung inireklamo.
Another case:
Public
servant was judged based on issues raised on SNS and was already tried by
publicity. Commentators have laid all their views - in favor of or against the
concerned servant. Thanks also to the same SNS, the issue has ALREADY BEEN
SETTLED!
But
despite the settlement, there are still few commentaries that are already
inappropriate for a settled argument. PINAPALAKI LANG LALO ANG ISYU.
Everybody,
let's take a vow and please say, next show please.
ON THE OTHER HAND
On the other hand,
it helps us by providing us essential information and even shortens the
distance between family, friends and all our loved ones. Hindi na nga
nakakamiss dahil madalas, isang click lang… kaya pag nagkita, wala nang
paghuntahan. Dahil lahat nakapost na online. Pero still maganda pa rin ang
naiidulot nito.
Madalas, we also
posts good things that happen to us. Good memories we would like to share -
good buys… everything that is good. Thus sometimes, it also creates that image
that you are fine, doing well and have no problem at all. And you can never
fail. It creates a false image of US.
In the end, it will
always be the user to define how will the circus of his or her social media
life would end. I just hope that sooner or later (sana sooner) we will be
really responsible. If this is a
circus, then LET US ALL MAKE A RATED "G" SHOW for everybody else to
see.
