The later brought destruction to the Mid_West, but its impact is immediate, albeit regional.
The former more dangerous, simmering and long-tailed.
140 characters are more than enough to assassinate a character, his/her reputation which is built up over a life time.
Be careful.
Social malaise not social media in the wrong hands.
Not enough post, people don’t recognize your brand.
Too much, they are bored and become anesthetized.
We are living in parallel worlds: Twitter‘s and Twister‘s.
Digital and analog.
Both are real, as real as what’s floating and flowing through our heads.
With Twitter, we can edit, and control.
We leave our marks in the world.
140 characters at a time.
( I am at an internet cafe near Tan Son Nhut Airport. A baguette vendor just walked by to take order. Talking about digital and analog!).
Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn have become part of our digital life. The trinity came on the scene only half a decade ago.
During that time, we have had the housing crisis, and its reverberation.
Nature shed its blood, shakes its fist and shred some fat.
Survival of the fittest (MySpace, Kodak).
I must give it to Levis. During and after the Gold Rush, the unintended consequence was Levis jeans.
Winners and losers, but Levis always wins.
Now, gold diggers and gold traders are wearing them to.
We play the game of Island survival to exercise “forced choices”. Jeans always is a must-pack.
In five years, Facebook and Twitter will still be here.
Twister will come and go.
Still, be careful of both.
Its impact might be long-lasting. More than any of us is now realizing.
Just ask the scribes. They had no idea what they were doing when copying the Bible and later, print them.
A well-placed thought and well-said line becomes a saving line for someone in need and in search of truth, on or off-line. But ill-thought and ungraceful comments stay digitally and eternally.
Thang Nguyen 555 