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Headlines : * Rain with temporary gusty wind likely over Country   * 3 die as bus hits auto-rickshaw in M`sing   * 15 ferries, 20 launches to ply on Daulatdia-Paturia route during Eid   * Six houses gutted in Rangamati fire   * Baltimore divers recover 2 bodies from harbor after bridge collapse   * Bangladeshi youth shot dead by police in US   * Govt to import 50,000 metric tons of onion from India   * Bangabandhu`s independence proclamation history was distorted after 1975: PM   * Dhaka Metro Rail operations to continue past 9 pm from Wednesday   * Jatri Kalyan Samity demands to extend Eid vacation by 2 days  

   Op-ed
Think before clicking
  Date : 28-03-2024

Saiful Islam Hafeez: The world goes very well relying on the technology. Wonderful inventions of modern science make our life so easy and cosy. The world is getting smaller than before. That`s why we can say admittedly that we live in global village. We use many electronic devices to facilitate our necessary work in regular life. Some user-friendly devices are going with our life including mobile phone, computer, laptop and tab. These devices help us to communicate with our favorites and cold call not only in a country but also around the globe. We are able to talk to the people, we are able to watch national and International news, live-streaming of international tournaments, we are able to share ideas that gyrate on our mind and we are able to get over cold comfort situation or refresh our selves watching recreational contents for entertainment. We can`t but pass a day using mobile phone. We stroll in social media via these devices. Face book, Messenger, Whatsapp Twitter, Imo, YouTube, Snap chat are the main communicational platform in social media. We spend our valuable time there. Loneliness turns into joyful moment; and we can function of essential work in virtual life. Huge parts of young generation waste much time using social media. Some of them are addicted to the mental disease named monophobia. Scientists are deeply concern for the next generation observing our time killing. When we scroll popular social media like face book we see funny posts, trolls, memes, and so on. Spreading pleasure with friends we do share these posts among groups, pages and individuals. But we don’t consider them as good or bad—but share them as out cold. Some criminal groups and gangs post blemishes to harass people intentionally. We lose our sense reading the captions or watching the contents. We never think that someone`s life and social status can be destroyed only for our single click. Using share button we make viral these scandals. Should we do that? Never should we do so. You feel pleasure sharing some posts and video clips. If someone requests you to stop these things —may be you admonished him with blue mind, "I click thousands of time on a day. How can I know which click matters?" In response, we will say yes, a click matters. Survey says, a user clicks mobile phone almost 2700 times on a day. But you have to aware of sharing something. Suppose, a man is facing thieves and losing his goods. You capture video by mobile phone instead of protecting miscreants. You share that footage with negative caption and make viral within a moment amid heartbreak circumstances. Thousands of Likes, comments, shares make you very hilarious for few moments. But victim loses his social status without any faults. Here, a click matters. First of all, you should scrutinize the news before clicking, what`s behind the scenes, did it happen at all?  We are really blessed for the invention of ultra-modern technology. But we have to bear in mind that, some people commit cyber crime based on the technology. Although our cyber crimes unit of administrative branch overlooks all time, we have to be vigilant and sensitive during the use of social media. Those who are meme makers in facebook, messenger—a pathological request goes to them. Please, don’t make fun before judging something. Those who are content creators in YouTube, they are also requested blandly. Please don’t create any videos before anatomizing something and someone`s activities. A click matters not in social media or virtual life but in real life too. Because, a click conveys your decision. If you click on wrong cell number, wrong account number, wrong name instead of true; then a click matters. You can lose your money for wrong click, you can throw yourself on risk for a click and you can lose your job only for single click. Even, your costly and favorite device can be damaged in a split second for a unconscious click. Your memory, your collections can be struck out with a flash. Another thing is that, facebook is the most popular social media in Bangladesh. People use this platform for many purposes irrespective of rich and poor, educated and uneducated, veteran and novice. Everyone is added in single or several groups. A group is a platform of thousands to million members. That`s why, spreading a post or status among million people within very short time is the easiest way. Yes, there is a procedure to post something. If a member wants to post something he needs to consent from admin panel. Here is the focal point, surveillance is mandatory to maintain. Every admin has to be very watchful to allow posts. They should never permit fake and false news, contents and which post can destroy someone`s life. If admin panels of all face book groups are strict to approve post and be sensitive to click, once misinformation and falsehood will be invisible from the face book indeed. Many of us know that some hacker groups and dishonest people make trap in social media to jeopardize innocent people for their bad motives. If you click incautiously you can fall into their trap. Question yourself, dose a click matters? If you face above-mentioned problems that time you can realize that a click matters or not. So, Everyone should keep in mind that, what types of post you react, where you comment and what you write on the comment box, what types of status you share and approve. Because, the use of social media is going to be harder than past. So we have to think deeply before clicking in social media.

Author: Saiful Islam Hafeez is a Student of Department of Political Science  at University of Rajshahi. He can be reached at saifulislamhafeez3185@yahoo.com

 



  
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