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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Weekend Edition Australia China India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Philippines Thailand Vietnam FEATURE: Building (digital) nationalism ANN - Tuesday, December 14 Send IM Story Print Jakarta (The Jakarta Post/ANN) - Thanks to the Internet and social networking sites, people no longer need to wage war or be involved in patriotic organizations anymore to be called nationalists. All they have to do is sit in front of a computer and post statuses or comments to their Facebook or Twitter accounts. These so-called new patriots have sprung up all over Indonesia - and even on other continents. At a time when social experts have blamed new media for the failure of states, Internet users have tried to prove the opposite by building and spreading patriotism online. A group of young people, for instance, initiated a movement called Indonesia Optimis on Facebook and Twitter. They are focused on generating patriotic fervor among young people and foster optimism about the nation amid a disappointing political and social climate that has dominated the country. To do so, Indonesia Optimis has organized a number of events aimed at encouraging patriotism on the Internet, on social networking sites and invited people to join and participate in efforts to celebrate and build patriotism and optimism about Indonesia. The group commemorated this year's Independence Day by organizing a digital flag-hoisting ceremony to pay respect to national heroes for their service in bringing freedom to Indonesia. Even though the event took place online, emotions were strong. Many confessed to getting carry away by the ceremony. Some even shed tears. Among them was research assistant Ade Kumalasari, 30, who followed the event from Sydney, Australia. "I had mixed feelings, between happiness, sadness and pride. But most striking was a feeling of being with thousands of people who still love Indonesia. I cried," said the woman, who also writes novels for children and teenagers. Ade and around 4,000 others watched the ceremony that lasted for more than three hours, Indonesia Optimis recorded. One of the organizers, Affi Aditya Khresna, said 4,800 others had participated in the ceremony via location-based social networking site Foursquare. These people were virtually present at the place where the group held the ceremony for the first time, at Tugu Proklamasi, in Central Jakarta. "Because of an overwhelming demand from Indonesians overseas, Indonesia Optimis decided to extend the event to seven days," Affi said, adding that more than 54,000 people eventually participated in the event. After the success of the virtual flag-hoisting ceremony, Indonesia Optimis organized a sequel on Youth Pledge Day on Oct. 28, which was also a hit. Digital patriotism movements are on the rise on social networking sites. Other groups have launched similar actions to stir patriotism among the people. Groups or community bearing national slogans or symbols such as the Indonesian flag or the mythical bird Garuda have sprouted everywhere on Facebook and Twitter to gather followers, mostly young people, to share patriotic sentiments. The media started paying attention to online patriotism in Indonesia last year when a group of Indonesians on Twitter launched a movement called Indonesia Unite to show support for the nation after the last terrorist attack in July 2009. The subject instantly became a trending topic and many Twitter users adorned their profiles pictures with red and white, the color of the Indonesian flag. This online patriotism movement is believed to negate the social experts' forecasted rise of a post-nationalistic Internet era. While it has been feared the Internet would reduce the importance of national identity in people's hearts, the reality is that it has brought together people sharing the same sentiment. Indonesia, which has the highest penetration rate of Twitter in the world according to digital world monitoring agency ComScore, is one of the nations that cannot escape such a reality. Information technology analyst Onno W. Purbo believes online patriotism has attracted attention in Indonesia because the movement also reflects the people's disappointment with the government. "Maybe they are tired of the existing bureaucracy that does not provide solutions to the people but instead imposes more burdens [on their life]," Onno said, referring to those that launched digital patriotism movements. Twenty-five-year-old creative designer Pungkas Riandika said he had joined Indonesia Unite because the forum gave him new hope for the country. "It came at a time when we cannot see good things in this country. Corruption, judicial mafia, fraud and many other things have made us see nothing positive in this country," he said. Affi, one of the founders, said the main concern that drove the establishment of Indonesia Optimis was a better future for Indonesia. "We try to stir the spirit of contemporary patriotism by no longer raising weapons or making war but by doing little actions that mean something for the country," he said. This mission can be seen from one of its strong messages given during the digital flag-hoisting ceremony last August. Indonesia Optimis through one of its organizers, Iwan Esjepe, told people to contribute to the country by doing their best in whatever they do. "If you're an employee, you must work diligently and honestly, but if you are a student, demand knowledge and if you're a mother instill good manners and love your sons and daughters," Iwan said in his mandate. Of course, one last question remains for this online movement: How can we make sure that such commitment will not only end up in virtual world without real life action and benefits? Local digital activist Enda Nasution has shared the same fears that the spirits of the movement may end up nowhere. "The question now is how we can bring those wonderful ideas into the real world? Unfortunately, only time can tell," he said. Will online patriotism become a good deed in the end or, as the Danish thinker Kierkegaard once said, will it "cheapen our commitment to political and social causes that matter and demand constant sacrifice"? The answer is in your hands. 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