54-year-old aunt borrows huge money to give tips, how middle-aged and elderly people are saved from being "hunted"
How to protect the psychological defense line of middle-aged and elderly people from being "hunted" by bad anchors
The problem of addiction to the Internet is not only for teenagers, but also for many middle-aged and elderly people. Recently, Ms. Li of Foshan, Guangdong, asked the media for help, and her mother, Ms. Chen, 54 years old, recently died in an accident. When he was sorting out his mother's relics, he found that his mother had continued to give a total of 85,<> yuan to a male anchor before her death. The problem is, the money is borrowed. Now that she has passed away, a huge debt has fallen on her children, causing them a great headache.
It is natural to owe money to debts. But the bill left by her mother really made Ms. Li feel depressed: her mother borrowed money everywhere, but she threw a lot of money on the live broadcast platform, and in June 2022, she recharged more than 6,45 yuan on the live broadcast platform within one month. Faced with a refund request, the male anchor refused, on the grounds that Ms. Chen's tip was an adult behavior.
As members of the legal profession say, whether the money can be returned depends on the mental condition of the person at the time. Whether Ms. Li can get her mother's tip back depends on the final determination of the judicial authorities. Putting aside these controversial contents for a moment, this incident raises a more general topic - why are the tips in the live broadcast room so heavy?
Ms. Li suffered a difficult situation because her mother had passed away. However, if Ms. Li's mother has not passed away, can the debt tip attract enough attention from the live broadcast platform? At this year's CCTV 3.15 Gala, the "bitter drama" scam in the live broadcast room was exposed: some platform anchors staged bitter drama in the live broadcast room, using the sympathy of the elderly, selling "miracle medicine" and harvesting the elderly. Last year's CCTV 3.15 Gala also revealed that among the "big brothers" who made a lot of money, some of them maxed out their credit cards and borrowed all over the circle of friends in order to give tips, and some were in high debt but couldn't stop.
"Eat big brother and drink big brother, eat big brother scold big brother", this is the mantra of some bad anchors, with exquisite words, bad anchors are stalking, step by step, "big brother" and "big sister" are the "prey" in their eyes. Ms. Li's mother was also deeply involved. Compared with selling "miracle medicine", Ms. Li's mother's experience is more difficult to defend her rights - because the male anchor does not bring goods, and his "consumption" is only performance services, so it is even more difficult for Ms. Li to defend her rights. The question is, for "consumption" that is obviously contrary to common sense, does the live broadcast platform fulfill its management responsibilities and reminder obligations?
As an adult, Ms. Li's mother undoubtedly bears the main responsibility for the debt tip. However, for a middle-aged and elderly person living alone, Ms. Li's mother's behavior is understandable. Children are not around, and a lonely life can easily pull down the psychological defense line of middle-aged and elderly people. Therefore, it is easy for them to indulge in the sweet words of online anchors, and even borrow money to give tips. In a sense, Ms. Li also bears some responsibility - it was not until her mother's unexpected death that she was surprised to discover the truth about her mother's debt reward. It is not difficult to see that Ms. Li lacks interaction and care for her mother in her daily life, and the lack of family comfort is often the first step for the elderly to take the sword.
Reflecting on this incident, what is more worthy of attention than properly solving individual cases is how to protect the psychological defense line of middle-aged and elderly people from being "hunted" by bad anchors. Therefore, it is not only necessary for middle-aged and elderly people to strengthen their awareness of prevention, but also for children to pay more attention to the spiritual needs and living conditions of their parents. At the same time, it is also necessary for online live streaming platforms to strengthen internal supervision and management, not only to guard the red line of the law, but also to build a solid bottom line of morality.
Chengdu Business Daily-Red Star News Special Commentator Zhao Zhijiang