Sam’s Hangout #101 - “DIGITAL FOOTPRINTS & ACCOUNTABILITY”
Hello, my lovely Hive Naija people. It’s another beautiful weekend, and we’re excited to have you here once again. A new weekend simply means another chance to buzz the Hive blockchain, connect with one another, and simply have fun. You'll also agree with me that there’s something special about bringing everyone together to gist, share opinions, and enjoy good vibes. That is exactly the reason we will continue to meet every weekend.
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DIGITAL FOOTPRINTS & ACCOUNTABILITY
Now to our discussion for this weekend! We will be discussing “DIGITAL FOOTPRINTS & ACCOUNTABILITY”. Back in the early 2000's up until a few years ago, a lot of people, including celebrities were guilty of making depraved tweets and social media posts online. The commentaries were an eyesore and almost everyone carried along like it was normal to share those harmful and morally bankrupt opinions. Fast forward to 2020, a lot of people, especially victims of such posts and opinions, became more enlightened and bold enough to start calling them out for what they were, and that paved way for the standards we now hold people to.
Here’s the question!
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To make our hangout more interactive, we have decided to add two events to spice it up.
On Saturdays, we share our owanbe stories, party gists, and even pictures.
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Kwara State boss...
Been a while, trust you doing great sir.
Goes where?
What do you people use to say this thing?
I have never understood
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Who's dragging your post. Shey you sha brought rice and chicken?
Just so you won't drag it noni 😁
Nah, I brought the chairs ya sitting on naw, haba.. I've done enough
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TGIF
How you doing Fams
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Hello everyone.
Okay for this topic, I don't think someone should be judged by their past social media post.
Okay let's look at this simi's case now, I'm very sure it was a joke or something , because seriously would you think she was into little boys , I mean a 5 year old? Nah... Don't think so.
I don't think anyone should be judged by their past social media post , it's just like saying that we should be judging things that we did as teenagers. I really don't think it's okay .
Jokes or no jokes she should be held responsible for it because there are some things you should not put out there
She should be held responsible for what exactly? She can only be accountable, which she has done already. Happy weekend.
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Maybe I haven't seen everything but those tweets don't look real. They were jokes or tease or something.
If it was a man that posted those things now, hope you'll be very sure it was a joke:)
Smiles, well I do not believe anyone should be judged by their past social media post too, only if the pattern has changed and they've evolved. Meaning they've stopped posting and doing the sort of things that they do back then, so I believe what's important is to check and observe if the person has changed and their actions now align with better values.
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I tagged you guys especially because you people have a thing against social media . Come and answer
@chefqueen @yechee come and hear you people man answer 😆
I don't have anything against social media. Why should I?
Why did you clean your footprint off social media. You decided to become anonymous
Eiii
No be lie
Let's get the weekend hangout started
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This is a very deep and relevant topic especially in today's world where nothing truly disappears online.
What I can say here is that digital footprint are real and accountability matters alot, when someone post something offensive or harmful even if was years ago,it shows that they believed or were comfortable at that time. People who were hurt by those words also deserved to be heard,so yes accountability should come first for me.
Although someone past post should not automatically define who the are today especially if they acknowledged what they did,Ake responsibility of what they did and also apologised sincerely this will really help.
So for me accountability first, growth second then judgment should consider both.
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You're welcome boss, trust you doing good
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Hello everyone happy weekend.
Lets get the hangout started.❤️☺️
One thing I will like to say first, is the fact that Internet never forgets. We should always keep that in mind. So, we should be careful with whatever we are going to do, say, post, or tweet.
If a post carries offensive or harmful words then we should know it will hit/hurt a lot of people, even if it is made in the past. Take Simi's old tweets for example, what if the parent of one of the boys gets to see that tweet now, even if they (the parent) are not sure it was their child, the fact that their kid was once in Simi's mum daycare can make them think something else, thereby bringing some level of pain to them at a time like this. Have we even thought about it the tweets had been made by a guy. What are we going to say? a guy making use of such odd words on little kids.
Now, I actually do not believe that some old post of someone should be used to judge who they are today, and that is if the person has changed. We all grow, and as we grow, we learn. Most of this old tweets and post are done and said our of ignorance, immaturity and the environment we find ourselves.
However, accountability must come first. If an old post that happens to be offensive resurfaces online, then the person involved should acknowledge it and apologize, while making it known that they've changed and are no longer that same person.
I think I've done enough justice to this week's topic.
A big thanks to the organizers.
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Well, no one can truly tell who has repented for real.
That's why when it comes to social media, we should all mind what post, because sooner or later it will always resurface.
If it doesn't resurface, maybe there is someone out there who has gotten a screenshot of it and keep for you 🤣. And when it resurface you might not really be able to explain and convince anybody to accept that you are a changed person.
Ask Saul in the bible what he passed through when his name was
We are all familiar with the phrase "The internet never forgets"
I try as much as possible not to judge people especially their past because I also am not perfect myself.
But lets be realistic, there would always be trolls, bully's and people with different opinion on the internet so as much as possible, it is advised to leave a good digital footprint. It is hard and even impossible to wipe them off.
I don't judge people because I understand people change paradigm but I can't speak for other audience in the internet. So as much as possible, every tweet, every image or video should be thought through well before being posted on the internet.
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