Hope you had a nice time celebrating the entrance to the New Year? Mine was good; I ate a lot to the extent that I found it difficult to leave my sitting position.🤣
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One thing I've come to dislike so much in our modern era is how people are very keen on forwarding messages. It puts me off so much that whenever I notice a message that's not supposed to be forwarded get sent to me, I snub it without a second thought.
What's this guy saying? Isn't there a reason why the forwarded message feature is added in our messaging apps?
Okay, don't get me wrong. The forwarded message here does not mean the situation whereby a conversation is going on, and one of the persons went on to forward a message to buttress a point or to give a clear view. No, it's not this.
The forwarded messages I'm referring to are in two categories;
The one where a user, instead of settling down to type content, he or she clicks on an already received text and forwards it to another. This one is usually seen on festive seasons just as we are now. I received a lot of this type of messages/wishes this season, and I couldn't help but tag them as plagiarism. Maybe I've been cultured on this Blockchain to treat things like that as such...so don't blame me.
Another pattern is the "copy and paste" method. A lot of people don't bother to type original messages/wishes, and they go ahead to make it appear real by copying, editing(some don't edit) and pasting it to the receiver.
Someone may want to ask, How do I know if it's copy and paste message?? The truth is that I know my contact list, at least 90%, and I know the ones that can sit and make an original content. So whenever I see such a message, I don't need to think twice to know whether it's a copied message that was pasted to me.
Yesterday night when I got home from the crossover night church service, I took my time to go through the "happy new year" messages I received to reply to them, and to my amazement, I met three that didn't bother to edit what they sent; they just copied and pasted not knowing that the original message has the name of the sender.
I hissed aloud when I saw it because it means that they didn't read what they forwarded.
Oh yeah, it's good wishes, but how can you wish what's not in your heart?
It would have been better if these people were teenagers who were just catching the joy of phones and messaging, but no, these were adults.
My all-time preference;
Instead of the long plagiarized messages and wishes, I would prefer a simple "HAPPY NEW YEAR." Even though this looks simple, it appears more real to me compared to the lengthy copied, stolen, not-meant words.
Another pattern I prefer, although it's not common, is a simple voice note...at least, one can't plagiarize a voice.
Among all the Happy New Year wishes I received today, the voice note stood out, and I loved it so much.
Thank you for reading.
