The game has changed but do you know how to hustle?
Nowadays almost EVERYONE in some way or another is involved in social media and different media platforms. Originally ‘back in the day’ people’s involvement was minimal, these people were ‘formerly known as the audience.’ But the audience is now the new participant, 30’s the new 40 and Androids the new apple.
These days anyone can present their opinion on the internet. Everybody is a commentator #mygrandmapassesbetterthanthat and everybody is a chef posting pictures of the food they made on Instagram, 10 years ago i wouldn’t have known what my best mate had for lunch unless I personally asked them but now their peanut butter and jelly sandwich is imposed on me. Most people now want to be heard. Facebook should say ‘sign up and Insert YOUR opinion here ______’
I’m not against presenting my personal opinion as you can see I’m doing it right now, and I also must admit that it is addictive. People are constantly checking their news feed, sports results, what events are taking place on the weekend etc and the interesting thing is, that all this information does not only come from credible sources. Someone may post a football result on Facebook that is not the correct score and the viewer could easily mistake this for being the correct result. Insignificant events such as this are not monitored by ‘Gate keepers’ people who monitor what does and doesn’t go on the internet or what is taken off the internet. Companies hire their own gate keepers, but a common form of this protection is allowing users to report a photo or post … then sending the information to the Gate keepers to take this down. But what if this information isn’t reported? What If this information is posted into a group page with supporters that share the same ideologies? An extremist rally date posted on the public domain would surely get taken down however; an extremist rally date posted on a private Facebook page that only these extremist members know about probably wouldn’t get taken down due to its secrecy and this is where the gate keeping system is flawed.
Any message can reach the global audience, so be careful what you post!
The Good, the Bad and the Published 