Stupid things to say about social media
Criticising social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook is as pointless as knocking people who discuss the weather. Writing in the Guardian, Cory Doctorow suggests a few things to say if you want to sound like an idiot when you talk about social media: "It is inconsequential, banal blather; It is ugly and a designer nightmare; it is ephemeral and will blow over in a year." "There are plenty of things to worry about when it comes to social media," Doctorow says. "They condition us to undervalue our privacy and to disclose personal information. They have opaque governance structures. They are walled gardens that violate the innovative spirit of the internet. But to deride them for being social, experimental, and personal is to sound like a total fool." http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jan/05/social-media-cory-doctorow/printHow to Destroy the Book
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