@colinwalker sadly, in most instances society needs rules to protect the many from the few - SM is essentially in the ‘Wild West’ stage of development and self policing isn’t working ... and it will get worse before it gets better. At least we have micro.blog !

Adam posts: "Much of the narrative around social media has been relentlessly negative for the last year, and in many cases that is utterly deserved... This, though, is a timely reminder that ordinary people can harness the power of social media." He cautions against dismis... colinwalker.blog

2018-02-20 8:23 am

hjertnes

@colinwalker Are claps "the clap" of social media? 😂

2018-02-20 8:55 am

colinwalker

@hjertnes 😆

2018-02-20 8:56 am

dgold

@colinwalker I'm afraid my opinion is yet darker than yours. Wrote about it here

2018-02-20 1:07 pm

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JohnPhilpin

@colinwalker sadly, in most instances society needs rules to protect the many from the few - SM is essentially in the ‘Wild West’ stage of development and self policing isn’t working ... and it will get worse before it gets better. At least we have micro.blog !

2018-02-20 2:16 pm

colinwalker

@dgold Love it. Point extremely well made.

2018-02-20 3:52 pm

lostfocus

@colinwalker that's absolutely true. The moment you can measure popularity people will swoop in to try to game the system and find a way to monetize it.

2018-02-20 7:50 pm