Elderly people fall into digital obsession: anyone can be "obsessed" by accurate calculations

　　According to the "2020 Elderly Internet Life Report", more than 100,000 elderly people are online for more than 10 hours a day.

Elderly users aged 60 and above spend more than 1 hour on the Internet per day and log in to the App 5 times a day on average, which is higher than users of other age groups.

After learning to use the mobile Internet and crossing the "digital divide", many elderly people fell into a "digital addiction."

　　While part of the elderly population is crossing the "digital divide", some of the elderly who have already played with smartphones have fallen into the "digital addiction"-not only using mobile phones for a long time or frequently to scan videos, transfer texts, etc., but also purchase a large number of online purchases. Buy or not buy goods.

Although these elderly people have experienced the new ways of playing in the Internet age, lying down and reading their mobile phones and shopping online until midnight will have a negative impact on the health of the elderly.

　　There are some objective factors for the elderly to indulge in the Internet.

For example, the elderly have a lot of free time to spend freely after retirement, or lack the company of their children, so smart phones take up a lot of the time of the elderly.

Some elderly people seek fresher and more exciting ways to live through the Internet, and in addition to the fact that most urban elderly people have retirement wages, various online consumption has become a regular behavior.

　　Falling into "digital addiction" not only affects their health, but also causes the elderly to be targeted by various scammers—the scammers cheat the elderly either in the name of investment and financial management, or in the name of health care.

According to the "Anti-fraud White Paper for Middle-aged and Elderly People" released by Tencent 110 platform, in the first half of 2019 alone, the platform received more than 20,000 reports of defrauding middle-aged and elderly people, and 97% of those who were deceived had suffered financial losses.

　　Therefore, it is necessary not only to allow the elderly to cross the "digital divide" through adaptation to aging, but also to prevent the elderly from falling into the "digital addiction."

In this regard, some people have suggested to emulate the anti-addiction system for minors in online games and establish an anti-addiction system for the elderly. This is an option worth discussing.

　　The author thinks that it is necessary to get rid of all kinds of "calculations" so that the elderly can reasonably access the Internet.

All users who use the Internet will be accurately "calculated."

Some are technical "calculations", that is, network platforms use algorithms to make users addicted to certain aspects that are difficult to extricate themselves.

Some use commercial "calculation", that is, merchants use red envelopes and rewards to make it difficult for Internet users to get rid of the temptation of profit.

　　Therefore, we must be soberly aware that because users are "calculated" by various "calculations", everyone is likely to fall into "digital addiction."

Relatively speaking, minors lack social experience and self-control ability. The elderly are relatively idle and have insufficient knowledge of "calculation" in the Internet age, and are more likely to fall into the obsessive system designed by platforms and merchants.

　　For many online platforms to "kidnap" users through algorithms, my country has passed relevant laws and regulations and is currently breaking down, but the current results are not very good.

Many platforms still insist on algorithm recommendations, and because users lack choices, they can only be "calculated" continuously.

Therefore, the key to preventing addiction is to break all kinds of "calculations", prevent users from being "kidnapped" by algorithms, and prevent calculations from succeeding.

Harvest/Beijing Youth Daily