People nowadays are starting to say that social media is going to change the world; nothing could be farther from the truth. The Times had an article recently on 10 ways that twitter is going to change business (at least I think it was the times), again not true. Nothing in this world is going to change unless WE make it change. The responsibility for change does not fall onto technology but onto people. We can have all the greatest tools and gadgets in the world but if we don’t use them for change then gues what, change isn’t going to happen.
In San Francisco Mayor Newsom announced a new way for people to use twitter to report and access city services. Now, when San Francisco residents find and report city issues, they can be addressed by the city 24/7. In my opinion this is a very unique and innovate use of twitter, but the idea and then implementation came from people and not from technology.
Let’s remember that social media and technology gives us the ABILITY to make changes happen, but it’s ultimately up to us to use these abilities to make change happen.
Social media isn’t going to change anything, WE ARE
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