Comments on: Is Social Media Killing Authenticity?

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:36:40 +0000

I think the bottom line is that so many people are using (and abusing) social media that originality and creativity have taken a back seat to making money.

By: Val

Val — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 05:14:26 +0000

Regardless of what people think of you, catagorize you as or label you, the more your thoughts instigate others, inspire change, encourage others and embolden them you’re going to find notariety and as long as you don’t buy your own press, (let it go to your head or change because of it) you’ll be fine.

As far as editing in conversation or blogging, I think it dilutes you. You’re responsible for your own words, not what others do with them taken out of context or your intention. Your intention is clear here. Maybe you can copyright yourself. Heheh.. but seriously, anyone who’s ever had a platform to speak from earned the audience and you can no more be expected to answer for misquotes or spun phrases than anyone in media or motivational speaking is expected to. Those are the responsibility of the 3rd party.

The beauty of having a platform is the ability to make your thoughts known and clarify stuff that is counter to your brand. LOL yeah, I said brand. Sorry but there is a definite positive flavor here and I’ve only read a few topics. If you stick with it no misquote will stick to you or make sense to those among your tribe.

If you’re an employee or want to be one, or running for office then you’d be better off shutting down all public access and installing tight controls on your posts anywhere. This is going to be getting worse and worse as employers and people with too much time on their hands find all the tools to dig up info on people. There are far more intrusive sites than google and FB for that.

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By: simba

simba — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:58:11 +0000

This is so weird, I’ve had the same thoughts quite recently. I’ve come upon a theory of communication which is that repression is totally necessary for artistic expression. By taking myself away from blogging or online avenues of expression, my desire to express becomes blocked. Ideas I think have to be given time to incubate, even almost overspill until it finds a suitable way to show itself. All our avenues for expression now I think are characteristically (online anyway) brief and lacking in “depth”. The online world is a fast one, its different from reading a book, or taking somebody in fully, or having a conversation, or taking in nature. YET I think that because of its ability to house so much information, it gives an impression of being close to reality. But its a salient format, its a screen with information. Its different from going outside and taking in the world with one’s 6 senses. By blocking my expressive channels, especially online, and not yet finding a medium to express it, I have put this need nowhere yet it will always be there. Maybe my desire to be authentic will now come out in different ways, even if I block my writing channel, it will become housed in my Self, and it will no doubt express itself in some other way, maybe in conversation, maybe in an act, maybe in a change in life direction…I don’t know, but for me the constant expression, can water down/dissipate a certain energy. It’s something I feel. I used to invest myself into other things, like in writing, but with an online presence I put everything there, the urge to publish is like an itch, and because of this ideas don’t incubate. That energy if collected and mulled over might have come out as a book rather than 100 blog posts, and for me writing a story instead of writing a blog post gives me so much more depth to my character and well being. The dissipation of energy is something I have been feeling so Im quitting the convenient avenues for a long time and seeing what happens. So far so good though, I just had a short story idea, and I haven’t had one in ages, I can’t wait to write it.

By: Matches Malone

Matches Malone — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:30:07 +0000

See my previous two comments, Angelica.

By: Matches Malone

Matches Malone — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:28:54 +0000

What should my expectations be, as a reporter at an event? If I overhear a conversation about someone’s experiences, isn’t my duty to let the rest of the people know about that? You’re in a public place, with no expectation of privacy. Furthermore, they’ve posted a notice stating that you may be filmed or recorded by simply attending. If you didn’t read that, it’s on you.

By: Catherine Laguna

Catherine Laguna — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:03:39 +0000

I see this in my eighth grade classroom. The students don’t want to speak up or participate too much…anything they say or do in school may come back to haunt them on face book. Kids will make fun of anything!

By: Krisenkindt

Krisenkindt — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:06:23 +0000

oops,that was supposed to be “police”. Sorry.

By: Krisenkindt

Krisenkindt — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:05:06 +0000

Seriously, someone whom you didn’t know twittered your quote just like that and even told you?
Thats strange and awkward. What did you respond?

I mean, when someone says something on twitter, facebook, comments, what not and its shared and passed on that might be unfortunate at times, but you should be expecting it cause thats what the web is: Public.

But in my understanding of privacy (and work ethics, too, by the way), you should never publish anything you would not to be published about yourself (or have your grandma read it) in any way. Especially not private scenes, may it be quotes or pictures or videos.
And if you took one and it can help prosecution or a good cause: Go to the people that need it (aka polics) or ask the people in it if they are okay using it (like you’d need an okay from a model to be published on a stockphoto webpage).

Just because its getting all fancy, fast, and easy doesn’t mean we need to throw our education overboard, and noone should ever life censor himself… I am about any kind of censorship, and that one especially. Seriously. SERIOUSLY.