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How often have you seen an old picture of yourself on the
internet and you cringed at it? Have you ever thought of deleting it? Or did
you opt to leave it for the memories? This is called tech-hoarding; the
reluctance to delete electronic material that is no longer valuable for the user.
Social media platforms are very old now. They came out in
the early 2000s and blew up in the late 2000s. Facebook, Twitter and YouTube
are all part of the OG social media sites. Despite them being so old, all three
of these platforms have stayed and are now boasting billions of users across
each platform. Since social media sites have come a long way, so has the trends
and fashions. Quite often we look back and see the trends of the past that we
were a part of – and for all intents and purposes, cringe at them.
The public trend is an ever-evolving phenomenon which means
ten years from now, you may be looking at your pictures of today and cringing at
them as you do at the past pictures. In a digital world, everything is
recorded, saved and consumed. Longevity can be a liability. Deleting these
media post can be a better option but how many people actually do it? More
often than not, a potentially embarrassing post is deleted from the social
media but people still tend to save them on their personal devices.
Take a look at the infographic below which shows the key
results of a survey done for people about the way they expunge or hoard digital
content. The findings also reveal the general public concern about their
digital histories.
Infographic by: whoishostingthis
