Following on from Senator Fidelma Healy Eames' questioning of Minister Pat Rabbitte at a meeting of the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications, over the issue of the challenges facing people through the irresponsible use of social media, notably her "unique" definitions of social media terms, e.g. "'Fraping', where someone is raped on Facebook", I've decided to bring you the "Fidelma Healy Eames Social Media Glossary", in order to assist parents and community groups across the country. Feel free to leave additions in the comments; together, we'll make the Internet a more knowable place for the youngsters!1337: just after 1:35PM, middle of the lunch break. I had a nice ham salad.
Avatar: a 2009 movie with blue people that was pirated, like, a LOT by people refusing to respect the laws of the country. They'll be downloading cars next.
Blog: portmanteau of 'web log', which dates from the pre-computer days, when people printed the Internet on trees.
Blogroll: toilet roll.
Comment: where people post really upsetting things about the Government in blogs (see above), in the public sections of online newspapers , or in your youngster's status. (We in Fine Gael are more concerned about the Government thing.)
Facejack: It's either something to do with using your face to do that freestyle dance style that was popular in the late 1980s or, more likely, something to do with masturbating the Kony guy in San Diego. But with the face.
Facepalm: what happens when someone headbutts your hand, over the Internet.
Flash: The process whereby your private memory is openly read out on the Internet by youngsters (courtesy Peter O'Brien)
Follower: someone who stalks the youngsters on the Facebook or the Twitter.
Hashtag: a location where drugs can be easily accessed. By the youngsters!
HTML: abbreviation of "hate mail", which harms your children.
IP: abbreviation for "Internet postcode", which is how we'll get those nasty people putting abuse online anonymously.
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Permalink: a link to a page or photo that is always there, even if you delete it, because otherwise it wouldn't be permanent, now would it Minister?
Poke: when people try to touch the youngsters over the Internet.
Social media: an unregulated Internet network where people can just say anything they like, anywhere they like, without Government regulation!Troll: mean-spirited anonymous meanies who interrupt the youngsters' fun by posting mean things all over the Internet. We don't know if we can track their Internet Postcodes (see above), but we think they may live under bridges. But they're definitely everywhere.
Viral: an email that gives a virus to your computer.
Youtube: Isn't that the place where the youngsters steal RTÉ programmes from, instead of paying for the TV licence?
4 comments:
Flash: The process whereby your private memory is openly read out on the internet by youngers
Some of the other folks on that committee revealed ignorance of bits of technology, but FHE was the one who really went out there to give voice to the argument that "The Government" should "control these things"; which is a classic cop out from personal responsibility. That far and away transcends her ignorance of technology; you can forgive people for not being up to the minute on speaking geek, but the total renunciation of any idea of personal responsibility for how you act, on the the internet or in real life, is really really wrong. The Government shouldn't touch these issues, it is not the role of government, its the responsibility of each and every person to foster a world in which we treat others with respect, and not, as the FHE's of the world would have us, sub-contract it out to someone else like "The government"
The main reason why I (indeed, most people) targeted FHE wasn't simply because of her lack of understanding of computer speak, but because she, as a public representative, didn't do any basic research into learning what those terms meant before displaying her concerns to the Minister for Communications. Someone in the pub getting terms wrong can be excused, but when you're in front of a committee on social media, it's expected that you should know what you're talking about. It's this lack of preparation that has lead her to being mocked globally.
You are correct about the second point. Aside from the amount of things that the Government already has to take care of, the way people act and comment on the Internet isn't a role it should, or needs, to take on.
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