Social games should not endanger public safety

Liu Xiaoqing

As the saying goes: Adventure is the nature of people. Recently, in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xiamen and other places, the "Metro Treasure Hunt" game suddenly became hot. Some netizens hid "treasures" such as toys and accessories on the hidden corner of the subway station or train, and called on other netizens to find it through social platforms, attracting many people's participation.

Similar to various treasure hunt games, the reason why "Metro Treasure Hunt" became popular because of its own social attributes and adventure attributes. Open social platforms such as Douyin and Xiaohongshu, as many as hundreds of related content, while "treasures" are mostly handicrafts and cards made by hand -made enthusiasts. With social platforms as carriers and gifts as bonds, the online interaction of treasure hiddens and treasure hunt runs through the whole process. This strong social attributes enhance the viscosity of participants. The adventure attribute is even more obvious: who can find? How to find? What can I find? This also makes the "subway treasure hunt" a bit like a blind box, full of "unknown" and "accident".

The treasure hunting game is unique, and the ethics is interesting, but the mistake is that its prefix is ​​the word "subway". Metro travel is one of the main ways of modern urban transportation, which is related to the safety of urban residents; there are many stations, large people, and complex facilities. It should be a public place with orderly, safe and stable, and cannot become a "game space" that is doped and interesting.

It is not appropriate to use subway stations or trains as a place for game venues. The treasure hunting game is like a competition. The uniqueness of "treasure" determines its "first come first" game rules, so many netizens will go to the subway station to squat in advance according to the clues, which will bring unnecessary flow of people. Interference The orderly traffic flow. The characteristics of the game "searching" also allows treasure hunting to run, shuttle, stay, and search in subway stations and trains, which can easily cause traffic congestion and even cause safety accidents such as stamping. On the social platform, the author also saw many people hiding "treasures" in the gap between fire hydrants, ticket machines, and gates. These equipment are related to the safe operations of stations and trains, and they must not be joking and games.

The prevalence of the "Metro Treasure Hunt" game also reflects the weakness of many people's public safety. In fact, the original intention of these game participants is to pass the "warmth", but the substantial result that may bring is "dangerous", which causes the cause of causality to be "ignorant", indicating that they have not maintained public order and abide by public rules. Common sense internalization of heart and externalization. As the saying goes: those who do not know are guilty, but when they involve public safety issues, if the "unknown" causes serious consequences, they must also bear the corresponding responsibility for their actions. Putting items in public places to make people "treasure hunt", which not only ignores the safety of others, but also irresponsible to themselves.

Fortunately, the subway operators of many cities have given "emergency reminders" to the game. The social platform also made a "security reminder" on the search results to present the page, trying to kill the dangerous "signs" in the cradle. The premise of social games is that they cannot endanger public order and public safety, otherwise the stimulus of a few people is based on the risks of the majority.

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