Electronic moving: In the rush of social networks, how can we feel at ease in our hometown?

In today's era, people want to have their own paradise in cyberspace to escape the pressure of reality. This article describes the relevant content and I hope it will be helpful to you.

"I can't find a peaceful place to rest my heart by wandering around blindly. Moving electronically is just a delaying tactic."

Step 1: Change account

Step 2: Change your position

Step 3: Delete the information footprint of the original account

Changing the address, changing the city, erasing the traces of the original residence, electronic moving is no different from moving in real life. With the increasing popularity of social platforms and the increasing power of platform algorithms, it is difficult for one's own private nest to escape being discovered by relatives and friends.

Many netizens said directly: "I don't want to meet acquaintances on public social platforms." The most embarrassing thing for modern people is that their originally secret social accounts are suddenly followed by parents and friends, so electronic moving was born.

More and more people hope to have their own paradise in cyberspace, whether it is for "going crazy" or "emo" late at night. In today's era of convenient communication, people are increasingly looking forward to a private space where they can talk to themselves.

(Comments from Xiaohongshu users discussing “electronic moving”)

When we look through our phones, we can easily find that social software has taken up half of the market. Online social networking has evolved from an accessory to real life to an important extension of real life. Different social apps not only connect friends and family, but also online neighbors that we have never met.

But is e-moving just a desire for private space? Under the trend of verticalization in the Internet world, different social platforms have their own unique social functions. We rely on them to gain emotional value, and at the same time, we take off our masks on unknown platforms and return to our true selves .

What roles do we play on different social platforms? When we are forced to leave our original “room”, how do we move into another unfamiliar place?

1. Invisible electronic migration: Reconstructing the boundaries of privacy in virtual space

Electronic moving is not a new thing. Many people have their own social software accounts and try their best to become a latent netizen who does not want to reveal his identity.

The privacy and autonomy of the Internet originally made our social accounts like houses without house numbers. Everyone’s house looks almost the same from the outside, and the deep-seated differences between people are temporarily erased, forming isolated and mysterious islands.

The desire to live alone on these "islands" is largely due to our fatigue with real life. Different social platforms not only provide people with opportunities to talk freely with friends in the same field, but also provide hidden corners for self-dialogue .

However, with the continuous generalization of social behavior and the development of algorithm recommendation, more and more social platforms are now forming a co-connected relationship driven by algorithms. In the eyes of the algorithm, it seems that my address book friends must become my TikTok friends. But in fact, the algorithm push without understanding the sense of boundaries is one of the reasons for the electronic relocation.

(Netizens expressed their views on "Recommend to people you may know")

The social circles with strong relationships are also facing more and more scrutiny and evaluation from people, which is no different from the real life we ​​originally wanted to escape from. Therefore, under the siege of algorithms and evaluations, people have to open up new "residences" on other social platforms.

Just like the nomads on the grasslands, when unwanted glances and annoying comments come like a seasonal rain, the first thing we can think of is: escape .

Where to escape to? Different people choose different paths. In addition to electronic migration, some people choose to escape from the Internet completely and choose the media fast.

The surge in the number of users and the generalization of types of different social media platforms make it difficult to protect the privacy of information 100%. Some people choose to stay away from social networks to avoid any possible impact.

Some people choose to put on Momo's invisible cloak and blend into a large group of Momos with the same ID and avatar, so as to gain enough privacy and security.

Electronic moving seems to have the same goal as these two methods, but the difference is that electronic moving is more committed to the user's own personality and choices.

This group of people do not completely reject the existence and significance of social networks, but instead move around on different platforms to gain a sense of existence and value in places that are not well known to their relatives and friends .

At the same time, electronic moving has also extended to a new social relationship evaluation mechanism: whoever has more accounts on my social platforms means that this person is more important in my heart and is more in my core social circle .

Just like Weibo is not suitable for parents to know, some private information can only be disclosed to the closest few people, and some content that cannot be shown to others is only suitable for oneself to know.

Under the operation of such an evaluation mechanism, truly close friends will not be excluded due to electronic moving, while those who have not entered the deep social circle will automatically be trapped outside the privacy circle and cannot get close to our deepest secrets.

On the one hand, electronic moving coordinates the basic interaction of interpersonal relationships, and on the other hand, it also constructs a clear privacy boundary, thereby reducing the risk of privacy exposure . When we do not actively disclose the details of our lives, the subtext is to tell the people around us: I need a place that only I know to place my emotions.

In addition to reducing unnecessary social pressure and enhancing information privacy, electronic moving also has a deeper reason: in an era of high connectivity and information explosion, in addition to the freedom of publicity and expression, we should also have the right to be blocked and temporarily forgotten .

Even if you are a big e-person, you need some time alone to mend the scars caused by life. Electronic moving just gives us a chance to sort out our own affairs. This space is not disturbed by relatives and friends, allowing us to temporarily withdraw from the spotlight of life and regain our energy .

But when an uninvited guest shows up one day, the mental blow from social death may be no different from physical injury. As one netizen described, what is the difference between this and streaking in real life?

2. Temporary electronic relocation: Reweaving social networks in virtual rooms

Ultimately, e-moving is about how to deal with one's own social relationships , especially how to find the optimal solution for social relationships in the virtual space?

With the generalization of modern people's social relationships, it seems that it is difficult for us to find a completely hidden social platform to express emotions and show ourselves without scruples. The privacy that George Orwell described in "1984" is becoming a reality.

Whether it is WeChat Moments or Weibo, when each platform is no longer a spiritual home full of intimacy, trust and warmth, a sense of loss of "homelessness" arises spontaneously, and the sense of loss of self-identity gradually spreads to more and more people .

In addition, algorithms and big data are collecting and processing our information all the time. In this situation, we have to look ahead and behind, adapt to disguise before our electronic base is discovered, and pretend to be a sophisticated appearance that we originally disliked.

Electronic moving is a solution to this dilemma. Without the excessive attention of people around you, abandoning the perfect image performance, in a hidden space unknown to others, you can be emo if you want to be emo, and go crazy if you want to go crazy. When you lose your glamorous appearance and forced maturity, the most free and pure self exists in that unknown virtual room .

It is undeniable that wandering and wandering blindly will not lead to finding a place of peace and tranquility, and electronic relocation is only a delaying tactic . In today's increasingly harsh and malicious public space, no one can guarantee that they will not be slandered by the Internet.

A paradise on earth is not enough to resist the "desire to be everywhere" in digital life. What we really expect is to find a middle way between electronic moving and offline social interaction.

(Malicious behavior on social platforms)

Just like in the movie "Her", when the male protagonist was forced to withdraw from the virtual love, he suddenly reacted: "I believe in myself, believe in my inner feelings, and I will no longer try to be anything other than the real me."

A true island will never exist. Whether it is WeChat or Weibo, they are just platforms for temporarily storing the self. These fragments of the self, whether negative or positive, are just part of us.

What we really hope for is that one day we can slow down our pace both offline and online, stop rushing for perfect social relationships, and devote more energy to sincere contacts. Only then can we realize “wherever my heart is at peace is my home” .

Author: Bald or not

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