In its attempt to provide content for its members, Facebook spawned an entire industry of content creators and curators who flood our pages based on trends, news and interests.
This has had an opposite effect. It's made news feeds more predictable and uniform. Notice the similarity of topics being discussed also among the same set of friends.
It's killed the spontaneity and originality that once forced us to write original posts. Today all we do is share and like. Wait, even likes are defined by love laugh anger emoticons further reducing the effort of conversations and comments.
But in this effort to create an easier world on Facebook, it's ended up making it similar to the real one.
Something tells me that change is staring us in our faces. Something that will lure us with a bold idea and the excitement of creation and connection.
This has had an opposite effect. It's made news feeds more predictable and uniform. Notice the similarity of topics being discussed also among the same set of friends.
It's killed the spontaneity and originality that once forced us to write original posts. Today all we do is share and like. Wait, even likes are defined by love laugh anger emoticons further reducing the effort of conversations and comments.
But in this effort to create an easier world on Facebook, it's ended up making it similar to the real one.
Something tells me that change is staring us in our faces. Something that will lure us with a bold idea and the excitement of creation and connection.
No comments:
Post a Comment