Forecasting a Social Media FAIL
Let me clarify myself before you think me as fallen of the Moon or snorting Glue.
Social Media freedom of expression the way we see it now will come to an abrupt stop. There clear signals for that direction already today. The Telecoms Data Caps evolving in the USA The lurking end to Net Neutrality where only selected Internet Websites will be feed to subscribers.
The day is coming mark my words. We are at the throats of Mass Media an Corporations. We are parasites to them! An attacking virus that wants to infiltrate their risk controlled environment. While a few of them are opening up to integrating Social Media with Mass Media, they are just doing it superficially. They cannot and will not open up to the utopianism of free unassailed and unbiased journalism.
They need to control and manipulate the information to the public for their own special interests. That is how Mass Media has always worked through history. Garbage in Garbage out! Mass Media feeds sensationalism and at times reports some Half Backed Truth calling it news!
Hello? Am I getting through to you? Mother Ship calling Mother Earth! We are Social Media Warriors, we attack their existence questioning their every move! We are Social Anarchist,. At certain times of our Free Loving Democratic America, we would be arrested and tried for communism! Remember Douglas Macarthur.
I hope I got you scared as shit and have you thinking about my Rant! How long will it take before Social Media is regulated, controlled and sterilized for the needs of the Mass Media, Corporations, and Governments? Well it is all depends on our ability to engage the False Prophet!
Do not give up. If there is a will there is a way! Use Social Media to advocate changes. Make the news and Mass Media will report it! Do not squabble among each other trying to prove who’s Ego is more inflated or in layman’s terms who is the Bigger Tool. ol
In my opinion what will make this even inevitable is some grave impetuous as a War in Iran. During wars information must be controlled at all costs. Just ask Joseph Stalin. He is the King of Propaganda and Social Engineering.
So good luck, there are no rules in War, and take no prisoners!
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Tags: freedom of speech, journalism, social media, society
June 19th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
Its interesting that you wrote about that because I just did a speech on Net Neutrality. Very few people outside geeky circles actually know what is at stake. If we take action NOW, hopefully we will perserve it.
June 19th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Leon, totally agree with you! Advocating for the cause!
June 22nd, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Igor
A nice informed post . The MSM sucks royal arse. The best exponent I ever read on the subject was Chomsky, manufacturing consent. If you haven’t read it then I’d highly recommend it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sirvWxLHNo8&feature=related
June 22nd, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Thanks for the link, will give it a look!
Ah, Chomsky, he loves Bush so much, I wonder if they were lovers? lol
He mentions him in every creative sentence that he makes!
Did you read one about the semicolon “;” no school kids left behind?
My Wikipedian friends, and a few of them are British are really enamored with Chomsky!
June 30th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
Hi Igor, I totally agree with you. Right now, the Internet is far too fair and democratic with it’s open principles - the big corporations cannot stand it. What people fail to realize is that they will not give up until they get their way. I am a big supporter of net neutrality and the constitution and I believe a lot more people are starting to catch on. The way I see it, ownership and control of the web is probably the main goal for big business…period.
June 30th, 2008 at 11:11 pm
Bobby, it is going to happen sooner than later.
With the Democratic majority US House of Representatives passing
1. 2008 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act - FISA
2. Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Protection Act of 2007
It is going to happen very soon. Read this post and watch the videos.
http://www.igorthetroll.com/blog/vote-for-liberty-freedom-and-human-rights/