Many practical aspects and risks associated with the virtual world are preventing people from spending time here.
Many practical aspects and risks associated with the virtual world are preventing people from spending time here. At the same time, people are beginning to understand the confusion and reality arising out of virtual popularity. Both this understanding and acceptance of this reality are necessary, because the habit of spending unlimited time in this world is a matter of personal routine and self-discipline.
Facebook’s company Meta, the recently popular social media platform, has suffered a major loss for the first time in eighteen years. The number of its active users has also dropped drastically. According to the latest report, the number of active users of Facebook has been increasing by four percent annually so far. Also, Facebook has been earning huge revenue every year from advertisements from its various companies.
In such a situation, the company was expecting an increase in the number of daily active users from the last quarter. But this number did not increase as expected. Due to this the company’s earnings have been affected, which is eight percent less than last year. For this, the company has attributed the new social media platforms and the facilities being provided by them. The privacy protection policy of companies like Apple has also been cited as the reason for their declining business. Because this policy is becoming a hindrance in showing ads and earning money due to not sharing personal information of people completely.
Indeed, there are many reasons for the increasing distance of users from Facebook, the most talked about platform in the virtual world. Although the company is blaming the decline in its economic profits due to the increasing list of facilities provided by other platforms and the technical setting of not sharing personal information, there is a whole list of social, psychological and personal reasons behind it. Is.
From privacy breaches, unnecessary anti-social engagement, the stress of virtual activism and the increasing hours of time spent staring at the screen instead of real life, are also driving users away from it. According to the American Psychological Organization, a person’s productivity decreases by 40 percent when doing other work using Facebook. In such a situation, from personal life to the work front, people living in every part of the world are understanding the risks and struggles of being present in this elusive world. As a result, there are also splinters away from this virtual world.
Over the past few months, users have been realizing that Meta Company has focused its attention solely on serving ads for the time being. Due to this the content being shared by the users who have registered their presence on this platform is getting completely neglected. Not only this, allegations related to sharing personal information to spreading negative and hate content and the problem of human trafficking have also been made on Facebook. In our country, this medium is also very much discussed for fake news and negative comments.
A large number of users are also using this platform to create a squid environment in the name of freedom of expression. Even in the troubled moments, the ideological dichotomy seen here is adding to the directionlessness in the socio-family environment in the real world as well. There is a long list of many such things, which are taking away people’s trust. As a result, users are distancing themselves from this platform. However, in India, for a long time, a large section is moving towards distancing itself from social media. Some time ago, in a study of digital marketing company Reboot Online, it was revealed that about five lakh people want to distance themselves from social media every month.
Along with this, there is also an aspect that virtual platforms like Facebook are also a means of taking time. One of the major reasons for getting away from this anti-social and ostentatious world is the understanding of how to use the time spent here for better works. Significantly, in the last two years, the changed lifestyle in the COVID period had increased the time of people’s presence in the screen world. Whether it is the matter of gathering information related to school, office or other things or the behavior of sharing obstinate updates related to common routine, a long time was passing in the virtual world.
But now the common people have started knowing and believing that whether it is a necessity or a holiday, the habit of always being online has started causing many diseases. According to Lifelock’s Norton Cyber Safety-2021 Insight report, which came in the past, due to the COVID epidemic, about two out of every three i.e. sixty six percent people have got used to being online.
The report shows that adults in India are spending an average of 4.4 hours a day in front of screens instead of work or academic activities. Also, eight out of ten people, ie eighty-two percent, admitted that they are spending more time on the phone than on education or work during the corona epidemic. Seventy-two percent of Indian adults in this study believed that spending more time in front of a screen was affecting their physical health. At the same time, fifty-five percent of the people say that mental health has also been greatly affected by this.
According to data from Feelgood Contact, UK, there has been a strong correlation between increased screen time and visual impairment in India during the Corona period. India has come at the first place in the list of world in terms of complaints of loss of eyesight and loss of vision. About 275 million Indians, or about twenty three percent of our population, are suffering from visual impairment due to too much screen time. It is worth noting that Feelgood Contact has collected these data through Lancet Global Health, WHO and Screentime Tracker Data Report.
Indeed, many practical aspects and risks associated with the virtual world are preventing people from spending time here. At the same time, people are beginning to understand the confusion and reality arising out of virtual popularity. This understanding and acceptance of this reality are both necessary, because the habit of spending unlimited time in this world is a matter of personal routine and self-discipline. A healthy balance between on-screen and off-screen time is maintained for people of all age groups, while there is also a balance between virtual socializing and real-world interaction.
According to a report by Harvard University, people were initially connected to social media platforms to increase connectivity and connect with people from all over the world. But gradually he started getting away from his own life. The brunt of the increasing distance from one’s own life is now being felt deeply. In fact, virtual forums have really taken people away from real life. In such a situation, when each other’s posts, notifications and information are not reaching even the people connected on the virtual platform, then this disillusionment abounds.
Millions of users around the world have long been complaining that Facebook has substantially reduced the reach of the content they are sharing. This is the reason that according to recent reports, this is the first time since the launch of Facebook in 2004, that both the number of users and the company’s earnings have decreased. The good news is that in the list of many reasons behind this shortcoming, people’s turning to real life is also an important reason.