Social media provides a fragile ecosystem of pertinent info and public figures that can be bolstered by shares or crumbled by negative reactions. Nowhere else can we find poser "experts" who only need their own self worth alone to be reinforced by clueless followers to create fake validity. Facts can be down voted and myth replaces truth all based on popularity. The meek and timid mouse who shys away in person and public can be a loud mouthed bully and the actual experts in their respective fields are disregarded because a popular know nothing says so.
Likes, shares, and subscribers are the currency of this fake world. Thoughtful content, truthful discourse, and pinpoint insights are quickly skipped over in favor of meaningless and mindless opinion and fake yet popular data.
Many people don't understand the power of association. There are people who collect social media "friends" for influence by proxy. Many see that association and assume they must be on par with the actual experts. The collectors leverage these "friends" as a replacement for actual experience/knowledge/insights. Truly influential people who blindly accept social media "friends" unknowingly are providing cred to those fake "friends".
This is absolutely bizarre, but with the death of critical thinking, people are more easily duped into believing anything. People who strive only for relevance will take advantage of others to gain their shallow following. People who don't care will help this continue.
To help combat these trends it is important that you reinforce and help those sources that you have found to be beneficial. Most companies and figures have multiple avenues on the internet- YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, etc. Seek out those positive sources and give them likes, shares, and subscriptions. That reinforcement helps fight that constant battle against the irrelevant.
Likes, shares, and subscribers are the currency of this fake world. Thoughtful content, truthful discourse, and pinpoint insights are quickly skipped over in favor of meaningless and mindless opinion and fake yet popular data.
Many people don't understand the power of association. There are people who collect social media "friends" for influence by proxy. Many see that association and assume they must be on par with the actual experts. The collectors leverage these "friends" as a replacement for actual experience/knowledge/insights. Truly influential people who blindly accept social media "friends" unknowingly are providing cred to those fake "friends".
This is absolutely bizarre, but with the death of critical thinking, people are more easily duped into believing anything. People who strive only for relevance will take advantage of others to gain their shallow following. People who don't care will help this continue.
To help combat these trends it is important that you reinforce and help those sources that you have found to be beneficial. Most companies and figures have multiple avenues on the internet- YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, etc. Seek out those positive sources and give them likes, shares, and subscriptions. That reinforcement helps fight that constant battle against the irrelevant.
