Talk about the historical mission of Matters

Mentioning the word "mission" always makes people feel very heavy, but a platform without a mission will be pushed and swayed by the ever-changing times, and will be led by the nose of a large number of ignorant people, and eventually become a cultural propaganda without a soul tool.

I am an ideal liberal, and I have always pursued democracy and freedom as my life goals. I also hope that all Chinese, whether they are Chinese in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau or other places, can live in a free, democratic and In a civilized country ruled by law, there is no need to go over the wall to read information, to find information without being blocked by sensitive words, and to express opinions without worrying about being arrested, but in the real world, my expectations are probably a mirage. I can’t find it, I’m the next best thing, I can only find it in the virtual world. I hope Matters is my ideal world, where everyone has freedom of speech, and everyone can read their favorite articles, not because of different I hope that this is a world without borders, races, gender orientations, and religious beliefs, and a country that enjoys true freedom and democracy. This is the first mission of Matters!

I used to work as a reporter in one of the largest media organizations in the city. The senior brother who ran the news with me at that time has become the boss today. If I stay there, I am sure that my life will be very good today, but I have no regrets. I left that newspaper because it was really hard for me to accept that as a reporter, I didn't even have the basic mission of reporting the truth, and I couldn't turn myself into a loudspeaker for disseminating false information. When I speak, I dare not raise my head to look up at the blue sky, conveying the true message should be the unremitting goal of writing workers in their lives. Although everyone will have a personal position more or less, the bottom line is at least what is written. Things must be as factual as possible, and I hope Matters and all of you in the media world will abide by this principle and not be the voice of fake news or a tool to deceive information. This is the second mission!

Finally, it is too easy for people to communicate in the online world today, which also brings up another problem. Many people have a very low cost of scolding when they speak in the media, and even disappear without a trace after scolding people. This zero cost The language violence has encouraged many people on the Internet to discuss issues irrationally. When encountering people with different political opinions, they will arbitrarily carry out personal attacks, and then a collective gang-style bombing and washing of editions. For some people with a weaker psychological state, It is a very serious psychological harm. Verbal violence causes more harm to victims than physical violence, and often causes some victims to do harm to themselves. Matters, as a public online platform, may not allow this kind of cyberbullying. It happened, but I have seen some comments in the comment area that are really over the top. The swearing and curses are so vicious that we can't fight in the real world, so we have to fight each other in the online world, these barbaric His language style cannot be tolerated. The Matters platform team should be the guardian of personal dignity. Seeing these behaviors, we must take decisive action and eradicate these vicious scumbags. This move will definitely be very pleasing to people's hearts. This is the third mission. !

I joined Matters for three months. During these days, I read and published a lot of articles and communicated with many friends. Generally speaking, the atmosphere is rational, free and open. I hope this platform can Keep it up and let everyone who stays on the Matters platform breathe fresh, free air!