Showing posts with label social media. Show all posts
Showing posts with label social media. Show all posts

Friday, March 3, 2017

Internet Ghetto's...

I'm in the process of editing a post about "Internet Ghetto's," a term Matt Drudge coined back in the 1990's at a press conference. I feel it's an important story, and it needs to be done right.

With all the "fake news" stories going around about Trump and now 'members of his cabinet' being Russian spies, and so on, the media with the help of the democratic party is deflecting from what is really going on.

As most people don't trust the news, and don't know 'which' news source to believe, 'social media' is yet another piece of the puzzle that is being totally overlooked.

The prior post is going to be edited with this in mind. I don't want people to 'misunderstand.' Nor do I want people to think 'all social media' is bad, because it isn't. As with everything else, it has it's good, and it has it's bad.


...developing

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Loneliness on the RISE: One in eight people have no close friends to turn to

Loneliness on the rise? How can this be in the age of "social media?" While more and more find comfort knowing they have a large amount of 'followers,' and 'friends,' on both Twitter and Facebook, how can this be?

Speaking of such terms, just who created the phrase "social media?" And why are so many seemingly obsessed with large numbers on both Twitter and Facebook? As it stands right now, I don't believe people with a large amount of "friends" on these social media networks are any better off, or happier for that matter than those witch smaller numbers.

Personally, I find that I have very little contact, or interaction with friends or followers on either platform. Nor could I truly care. If anything belonging to any social media platform could actually be more 'dangerous,' or compromising than any good that may come with these sites. I would even argue, having a large following with little to no interaction between others could end up being more of a 'downer,' than not having, or better yet- 'using' any of these Internet "cesspool."

On one level, there is a bright side to being on either of the two major social media websites, such as if you have a blog so you can help it grow with it getting more 'visibility.' Otherwise, to simply tweet or post for the sake of it...there are so many other things people can be doing.

Here's the link to the story, for those so inclined to indulge themselves. As for me, I'm just about done with 'social media.'