trace! Easy come, easy go and that has become artistry on many social
media platforms.
We are living in an era that is built on the backbone of social media
dominance. These platforms enable us to seek opportunities,
communicate and basically meet new people.
While meeting new people can be a fun exercise, the practice of a chat
mate suddenly disappearing can be dispiriting. And it's got a name for
it. It's called ghosting!
Ghosting can generally be described as the act of ending a personal
relationship by suddenly withdrawing from all communication, without
explanation. Imagine feeling cosy in an 'online relationship' and then
suddenly booooooooom...... that person pulls a quick one on you by
halting all communication. It sucks, right?
According to the Elite Dating website, as much as 78% of millenials
have been ghosted at least once and the phenomena is more dominant in
the digital world.
We frame our understanding of ghosting within the context of behaviour
on social media, where people constantly block and delete each other.
Social worker, Wisani Khosa, believes that ghosting equates to
exclusion, isolation, ostracism and being ignored.
"Ghosting definitely leads to misinterpretation, because you are
simply not getting a response: you are cut off. This, in most cases,
is more difficult to deal with than a usual breakup. Where kids are
involved, you can come up with a fictitious story or reasons.
"With online dating, ghosting is bound to proliferate. The advent of
dating Apps like Tinder and Bumble set the scene for online ghosting.
Its going to be a defining feature of modern dating. But the fact that
we are talking about it helps, because people are made aware of it. It
psychologically prepares one somehow," said Khosa.
So have you ever been ghosted or have you ghosted someone? Stats don't
lie. Tell us about the experience. Don't worry, we wont ghost you.
