Day: December 1, 2020

There is a lot of stigma on social media being unhealthy platforms to spend time on, however, social media has come a long way and it is safe to say that the many platforms have become somewhat of a safe space for most of our society, especially the younger generation. Before this, you were only expected to post about the highlights of your life, the good times and times that were just “pleasant” to look at. Posting about sensitive content would often receive backlash in return. You had to fit beauty standards or social constructs, if you didn’t, it’s as if you committed a crime. These were the times where people who were deemed perfect by society were praised and people who weren’t perfect were trying everything in their power to be perfect, as per society deemed. However, times have changed. 

There are lots of advantages to mobile applications. Social media platforms provide a wide array of things to explore or experience too. On Youtube, you could stream an endless list of videos you like or create your own content. A little bit similar to TikTok however, videos on TikTok are limited to only in the span of one minute. On platforms like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat, you can communicate with people, post daily photos or videos, or simply talk about your day in a post. 

Speaking of talking about your day, nowadays, it’s a common thing to talk about your day and release any pent up emotions throughout your day, be it things that happened from work or school or during online classes. Either for a following that you’ve gathered or just for your own satisfaction. The plus side is that society isn’t finding it pointless anymore. It’s like sharing a story with a best friend, it’s sort of calming in a sort of way. People are more open with talking about sensitive or taboo topics now which is really helpful for a lot of people. People are also starting to be comfortable with opening up about their insecurities and supporting each other even more than before instead of keeping in check with what society deemed perfect.

Another way how social media platforms are breaking the stigmas related to mental health is by providing platforms for people who have been silenced for whatever reason. Be the reason being they were scared or they were embarrassed, they are completely entitled to feel how they feel. But nowadays, people have been coming out with their traumatic experiences, sharing either to help educate people or to find people who have experienced something similar. This is usually done to either seek comfort, advice or to simply be heard. And because one person had the courage and decided to post about it, a lot of other people follow in their footsteps and come out with their experiences as well. These traumatic experiences like being a victim of rape or sexual assault are very hard to share with people since it’s very personal and there’s a possibility that people will try to twist your story and pin it on you, commonly called victim-blaming. However, it’s beautiful to see that people are starting to have the courage to do so. 

Social media platforms have come a long way to finally become a safe space for people to voice out different opinions, share experiences and post content. Content creators can even get a Best Social Media Awards Malaysia. In the end, social media platforms have helped a lot of people. 

Automation in terms of factory machines, or in industrial companies, has come a long way in making work easier. The sole reason for automating machines in a factory is to produce more, at a faster rate with more efficiency. This will then hopefully cater to satisfy consumers. 2020 has been a rollercoaster, to say the least, however, times like these call for more automated machines so that people will not have to physically work anymore. Considering the current pandemic, it is best that we decrease the number of people that are required to physically go to work for the meantime until the pandemic blows over so that we do not have another spike in cases. Thus, here are a few benefits of automation:

• Lower costs

Automation is basically making work almost ten times easier, being that they will automatically do the job without having as many human employees as they have now. This will result in lower labour costs as due to not needing to pay salaries and only needing to do maintenance every once in a while. This is beneficial due to the fact that automated machines do the work of three to five people at a time, faster as well as being able to operate 24/7. Plus, since automated machines do work more accurately and precisely, it will reduce material waste, which can reduce the environmental footprint that has been left by industries for years now. For example, an examination marking machine marks papers faster than educators do, leading to people getting their results earlier.

• Increase in productivity

As mentioned per the last paragraph, when a machine is able to operate 24/7, unattended even, it will lead to a significant increase in product output. This is because, unlike human beings who get tired after a few hours, machines work at a constant speed, hours on end. Thus with this, product output will increase, satisfying clients as well as increasing profit. So automation will not only save costs, it can possibly increase profits as well. Another point adding to this can also be that the more productivity increases, the faster industries can introduce new products to the market to once again, increase profits significantly. And not only does automation increase productivity in an industrial sense, but it also makes certain processes faster, for instance, a money counting machine can count a large amount of money faster and more accurately than any usual employee. This will prevent miscounting as well as spending too much time on a certain process.

• Optimal usage of floor space

In this current pandemic, each country has specific rules to follow, even in the workplace. For example, the most common rule is to always be one meter apart from each other. This will take up a lot of space in a working area or an industrial area, probably even taking up multiple floors to spread out employees of a huge company. Automated machines, however, do not need to distance themselves since they are machines. Thus, this will decrease the need for more space and make the most out of existing floor space. Malaysia’s industrial automation companies will definitely benefit from this alongside fighting a pandemic.

This does not mean that we will indefinitely cut off physical employees, this is beneficial just to decrease workers to stop the spread of the virus up until the pandemic blows over. Overall, automation is quite beneficial in this time of need.

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