Commentary: Remember when social media used to be fun? 1
Heard of "We listen and we don’t judge"? Here's how this new social media trend is bringing us back to the days when people used such platforms to share and connect, rather than to judge and criticise, says CNA TODAY's Loraine Lee.
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SINGAPORE: It’s 2012. You seat yourself upon your porcelain throne, and pull out your state-of-the-art mobile smartphone to tap on a blue app icon – either one with a little white bird on it, or one with a white “F” in lower case.
On your shiny touch screen, you type: “Taking a poop. LOL.” And you hit “post”, uploading it for the masses.
Several likes on Facebook, easily. A retweet or two from friends on Twitter. You glance at the last post you’d shared on social media – a picture of you and your family making funny faces over dinner, or an unfiltered thought that happened to cross your mind while waiting for the bus.
Now, instead of keeping you connected with friends and family, social media has become something of a cesspool for judgment and criticism.
Post something less than flattering? Several nasty comments about your weight, barely visible acne scars and slightly crooked teeth are sure to come your way from strangers you have never met who might not even live on the same continent.
Love to dance? RandomUser123 will comment on your TikTok video that you were a tad offbeat, your arm movement was not sharp enough – and you misspelt “choreography” in your caption.
