I love social networking for the honesty and power it gives us. This is a great video that will give you some hard stats in case you have been wondering about the impact that it has. I thought the fact that social media overtook porn was a positive step for us. Perhaps we are evolving?
We trust what our friends and acquaintances are saying a lot more than we trust traditional media and the government because we have vetted them first. We decide who we want to follow and be friends with. If we don’t like what someone has to say, we can simply tune them out and unfollow.
When I hear the words, “power to the people” now, I immediately think of social media first. I find it funny that CNN came up with an immediate rebuttal saying, “Why Social Networking ‘Utopia’ Isn’t Coming”. Of course they would, because it threatens them.
When you are really in it, it is an interesting phenomenon, especially on Twitter because you can really see the stream of consciousness flying by.
I think in general social networking really allows grass-roots movements to develop quickly. I know it has allowed a lot of small non-profit and socially beneficial projects to move forward faster than they would have without it. I’d love it if we could find some way to use social media to vote, that way there would be no tampering with the numbers. I see that globally people are finding and ensuring their liberty through social networking and I champion that.
So now comes the question what are YOU contributing to that stream of global consciousness?
Are you putting your best self forward? Are you awakening consciousness in people or putting them to sleep?
