Engsiong Tan
1 min readAug 18, 2023

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It is too late. We had Twitter and President in the same sentence a few years ago. Remember covfefe? We had CEOs like Elon on Twitter before he purchased it. We have countless other professionals on social media live streaming their unhappiness or dancing. We have countless business leaders bragging on social media. (Eg. The crypto bubble hype)

Yet we wonder why Chechen fighters are filming themselves on TikTok. Or that the medical students or professionals are dancing on social media.

There is another issue with using smart devices. You better hope that the recipient on the other end is also mindful enough not to broadcast the message. I had seen people on speakerphones in the public transport. It takes only another unkind person to film or record the conversation. Or if the person "helpfully" screenshots or copy and paste and sends it to more people.

A secret is that which you tell one person at a time. Until an idiot with a smartphone decides to be a broadcaster.

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