Social Networking

  • Socially platforming our future

    The invention of X and its alternative forms such as Meta’s products, including its newest iteration Threads, is a new venture for big tech companies beyond the stoical digital domain of the Internet.

    The fluid prose-based exchanges and lucid experience online helps us to see technology in innovating ways. Our lives have been changed by it already, such as new relationships, old friendships coming back, and the tips and tricks that make our friendships grow.

    The platforms of the future are like these, but the real question circulating higher realms is the notion of how they’re used. It’s not an exercise in litigation but more of a moral question of how society progresses due to and not in spite of new media like social networks.

  • How elections play out

    A dispute on social media is not what an election is for. It’s not a part of the plan to fall out but it’s what some want in spite of the rules.

    An example is a post on X by Elon Musk. Musk contrasts his view on migration against Kamala Harris and gets a lot of attention. It has over 100 million views.

    It’s not exceptional and other users who engage get big results too. One example is a reply which has over 20,000 likes by a user with a low follower count.

    It’s not an accurate example for a legal issue but it meets a threshold for participation. It doesn’t achieve credibility or placate online fact checkers, however.