"I'd like to believe that and recent events, such as the Iran situation, point to a tremendous potential for positive effects. As both an admirer of... your product and a citizen of the world, I sincerely hope you are correct.
However, the broad assumption that I have difficulty accepting is that society in general is smart and/or moral enough to use the tools for the greater good.
I often wonder if "Twitter" is an inside joke - "let's see if the twits will jump if I say jump" - can you..."moreless
"That's the one. I paid $3 to see it at Rainbow Cinemas and that was about right for value :p
"Stakeholders" can be manipulated to choose whatever... the profiteers want them to choose i.e. betamax vs VHS. Sometimes it takes patience, drip, drip, drip, but ultimately if there is a dollar to be made, it will be "best achieved" regardless of the impact on the rest of the great unwashed.
C'mon, that's a great sentiment but, frankly, I'm bit embarrassed that you trotted it out for me. Wait is..."moreless
"You remember that Tom Cruise movie where the citizens were followed by billboards that tailored themselves to the individual? He was a thought-cop,... I'm drawing a blank here . . . anyway, we are well on our way to that Utopian society aren't we?"moreless
"So, does this drive people to an externally owned and managed centralized social-network tool like Sixent with, perhaps, the potential for a similar... issue down the road?
Or do privacy minded individuals purchase the white version of sixent and open their own "mini-facebooks"?
Or does this open the door for hundreds of Joomla/JomSocial packages to pop up all over the Internet?
Or does the great unwashed simply fail to grasp the issue and continue to post messages about tequila shooters..."moreless