By Mark Ruto
In the recent past, the internet has been a no go zone because everyone is at ‘war’ with each other.
Negative comments and rumors roam the space in social media platforms, most users don’t filter out what they pass to other users.
Incidents of nations trolling each other even on serious issues have become dominant thus making some to shy away from sharing content which may be constructive.
Majority netizens don’t employ ethics in their use of social sites to network, they are conserved to their interests and opinions thus oftenly disrespecting and downplaying contrary views on social, religious, cultural, and political dialogues.
It is disheartening to witness netizens thrive on abusive content in order to gain following when there are better ways to gather a reasonable audience like creating informative or educative content that promotes cohesion.
The social networking is mainly dominated by the youth who should be taking advantage of the media to articulate challenges they are going through and come up with long term solution.
It is appropriate for controllers of the social platforms like twitter, Facebook, among other commonly used sites not excluding WhatsApp to put in place strict regulations on content passed through the media.
Violators of the guidelines should face stern action like expulsion from using these platforms, as this will caution others with such intentions.
It is vital to make netizens aware of benefits of using social media in positive ways are harmonious and motivating to consumers.
Political, cultural and social differences should also be acknowledged by netizens, therefore embracing passage of information that unites people without inciting or downplaying those with divergent views or faith.
This problem of net use should be addressed since it may hinder an individual from sharing information, ideas or experiences which might help in solving a crisis.
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