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Mon 17 Apr 2023 12:03 pm - Jerusalem Time
Virtual Eid congratulations.. Have you become a substitute for reality?
Between its advantages and disadvantages, there is debate about the importance of new technology that introduced a new digital globalization that would make the whole world smaller than a small village, and that technology is bringing people closer on their occasions, but it threatens their privacy, amidst many questions being raised about whether the virtual congratulations on the holidays are through The technology system is a substitute for congratulations on the ground.
Digital marketing expert Sedqi Abu Duhair told Al-Quds.com: “The digital globalization that brought the world closer to us is less than a drop of water, and the ability of this digital development made us belong to this system by our will. The need that these digital platforms provided us with made us part of its composition.” internally, and we would be an integrated element that would not work without us as users, and we would not have the access and information that we would have without the available applications.”
Abu Duhair added, "Eid Al-Fitr will come to us again, and we will use communication platforms, publish congratulations, comment with friends, and comment with them, and we will use stickers (emojis) a lot on all platforms, regardless of their different policies. Virtual digital congratulations with neighbors, friends, relatives, and family has become inevitable." And those digital congratulations became like real congratulations, but rather became more accessible and faster than the reality itself!
Abu Duhair confirms that "the effort spent in writing a congratulation (Happy New Year) to every virtual friend on the platforms, whether on Rails or in the story, on a post is insignificant, and it is a great and tiring matter, to the extent that we may tell each other (I congratulated all my friends on Facebook ))”, pointing out that this reality exists now and there is no way to change this virtual reality, even if it is courtesy or as some claim hypocrisy or digital words that do not carry real feelings.
According to Abu Duhair, “Because of this system, the family no longer has a special concern, whether it is congratulating the holidays, celebrating a birthday, celebrating a new baby, or even a long-awaited academic achievement and other occasions. We no longer have a personal matter at all, and we are not entitled to celebrate alone.” ".
Abu Duhair confirms that it is no longer difficult now to reach a friend or relative on the other side of the planet, to send congratulations and share joy with him, to live the atmosphere of Ramadan advent, and perhaps the approaching Eid al-Fitr, as long as he uses social media platforms that will create the pleasure of interaction of all kinds.
Technology, according to Abu Duhair, was able, through these digital platforms, to reduce the congratulations to the “emoji” sticker, to be sufficient to convey interest and beautiful feelings, “as one of the characteristics of this amazing development is to revive you and persuade you to put a publication bearing your personal picture with a simple text carrying the most beautiful phrases of congratulations for being responsible for A digital community called (friends) on your platform, and they are waiting to congratulate you.
Abu Duhair indicates that you may be fortunate to have an audio message (podcast) in which your name is mentioned in person, to hear expressions of congratulations and blessings, tones of love and feelings that reflect the interest of the person sending.
Abu Duhair does not see that social media platforms provide isolation, eradicate humanity, or make us lose our true nature. Rather, he sees them as a positive thing as a tool and means that carry the same real feelings, and be as in the virtual world, but differ and vary in the degree of transmission of feelings from one person to another.
With regard to the negative aspects of congratulations on occasions and holidays on social networking sites virtually, Abu Duhair says: "All that is in the matter is that we misused the correct use of social media platforms, for which it was created, but we failed in our dealings with real life, and the features of love gradually disappeared, and real communication decreased, and it increased." Practical burdens and social glamor, and we found our way in the virtual world, so digital congratulations have a presence, roots, authenticity, and more desire, because they give me an impression of the large number of lovers and admirers.
Abu Duhair affirms by saying: “I fully believe that these platforms were made for a good purpose, and I believe that it can be benefited financially and morally from them, and I am completely certain that their presence in our daily lives is a good thing, as they have now begun to influence decision-making in the political world, as Biden intends.” He did it by gathering influencers in America to contribute to his second electoral round, and it has a major role on the economic side, and in the existence of digital trade.
Abu Duhair continues, "Even on the media side, the major Western and Arab media and global news machines cannot continue without social media platforms, so it is good for us to stay in touch, even with digital congratulations."
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Virtual Eid congratulations.. Have you become a substitute for reality?