Thursday, June 27, 2019

Why Authenticate Social Media Accounts, From 'My' Perspective!

Different Observations! Different Perspectives!
90s music probably maybe can't be replaced. Life itself, up till early starting period of this new millennium. Like Playing Lawn Tennis in School Days or later NOT with the Intent to Compete, but just to be another better Lawn Tennis Player. And indeed, there were some awesome players I witnessed who ended up in a job, later,  maybe, due to lack of resources or funds or influence or whatever. Further, Not that much menace of Coaching Centres. No significant issues concerned with PR. The Studies were restricted to Schools and the Objectives were to Imagination. Education wasn't measured as a 'Commodity' (My Observation), like varying markets, bull or bear. What you were, mattered! Though still Contrived Fabric existed, undeniable, but not at an unimaginable scale. No incomprehensible 20ish plastic influencers. Not many at least! To some extent, there was Trust both Online & Offline. Messengers were still filled with authentic people & further could have been found for authentic chats. Remember Yahoo? Oral Submissions, at least to my observation, were as much Meaningful & Notable & Worthy enough to be considered, as were the Written Documents. Not much Internet though, conversations were held mostly on landlines. Though Complexes existed always & would always exist till the end. Good knowledge of C, C++, Java, Oracle was enough to land you in a decent programming profile as SE back then. Not many gave a damn about under Add Any Number achievers. A bit of understanding was there at a minuscule level & not everything was merely restricted to cost - benefit doctrines.             

Indeed, there were many who thought the other way around and 'maybe' that's why those Intents & Notions Dominated & Fabricated the Subsequent Fabrics.

So, why write emotionally infused observations in para herein supra merely to establish the necessity of at least identity authentication, if not all, but on some social media platforms? Because that's just to give away a glimpse of background to comprehend the fabric back then & now, with not much gap in between.

Though on Internet all flavours are available as per individual's choice, but still with the proliferation of social media especially Twitter, Facebook, Instagram etc. and further wherein within fraction of seconds something has a capacity to #trend worldwide, the reader under such circumstances should have a right to ascertain that all observations were / are generated from authentic distinct minds or bots. The Source must be Authentic. You remain Anonymous, No Issues, Circumstantial or Not. That concern could/should be discussed or referred, for all valid reasons, like in case of free speech, BUT the Identity of that Profile should be Verifiable. Doesn't matter if You are a Victim or being Alleged of Something, the Identity behind the Profile must the Authentic. The Source. For instance, there are twitter accounts who run not under original names BUT the identity is Verifiable & Traceable. The onus of keeping the Personal Information Secured is on the Company or Third Party using it. We have enough good IT / Cyber Laws in existence, everywhere to counter that. Furthermore, whether you have 5 Followers or 5 Million, IP Rights remain the same.    
           
In the diverse fabric & where unverifiable accounts are concerned, no one knows who is generating arguments from where & for who (in favour or against)! Further, the time is changed. More Obsession! More Thirst! More Complex!  Hence the Authenticity!

© Pranav Chaturvedi 2019