THE PITFALLS OF SOCIAL MEDIA
In a world where writers are suspended for writing fiction on social media. Where follower counts determine someone’s popularity and career. Where if you get hacked, all of your hard work and content go to waste.
These are just some of the many things that need to change with social media. With the appropriate disclaimers, warnings, and PARODY written into your account, your account should not be suspended.
It should not count as impersonation or defamation. Especially when there are official sources that may support it.
When you are a popular positivity blog on Instagram and have been garnering thousands of followers and content, you should not have to jump through hoops to reclaim your things.
While some social media platforms have the option to save your year’s worth of content, sometimes it does not work for everyone.
JUST ONE OF THE MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE DEALING WITH SUCH A TRAGEDY.
“Take for example my friend Chloe. She is an accomplished and humble model, singer, and actress and has recently had her Instagram hacked.
Her email address was changed. The password. And though she has tried to contact Instagram multiple times, their support continues to remain unresponsive.”
We have all seen this happen far too much. It’s time that these platforms, these multi-million dollar CEOs look into their policies, work on their support systems. Follower counts should not dictate how successful we are.
And now with the recent shift announcement that some things are going in the direction of TikTok rather than photo sharing, where is the line drawn?
ANIMAL CRUELTY AND SENSITIVE/ILLEGAL CONTENT ARE SLIPPING THROUGH THE CRACKS.
Animal cruelty or harassment in videos or photos is being referred to as free speech. The only options to get it taken down are to block the account or hide the information. Very rarely are they actually removing the content.
Though it is getting better.
“A basic ‘we’re sorry you are seeing this, and though it did not go against our terms of service or guidelines, here is what you can do.”
We have to do better. We just have to. In a world of social media and mental health, a hack, wrongful suspension, is enough to spiral someone. Especially teenagers or young adults.
There are serious things like suicides over these things, bullying and harassment are starting to be touched upon attention-wise, but it is still not enough. You still have to have a level of fame, a level of followers.
“Where is the line drawn? Most of these companies unfortunately are run by white men. And the support systems are utter garbage. How can we stop harassment? Is there a way we stop stalking and hacking?”
Can we protect those that are using the platform for good?
There are just so many unanswered questions on bogus policies, useless support systems, and wrongful suspensions that are just mind-boggling.