How To Say Stupid Things About Social Media

Original Source: The Guardian, Jan 5 2010
Author: Cory Doctorow

THE GUARDIAN — Here are some suggested things to say if you want to sound like an idiot when you talk about social media: "It's inconsequential – most of the verbiage on Twitter, Facebook and the like is banal blather." Yes, it certainly is. The reason for that is that most of it is "social grooming" -- messages passed between friends and family members as a way of maintaining social cohesion. The meaning of the messages isn't "u look h4wt dude" or "wat up wiv you dawg?" That's merely the form. The meaning is: "I am thinking of you, I care about you, I hope you are well"...

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