[lbo-talk] The role of social media in the Egyptian uprising

Jordan Hayes jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com
Thu Feb 10 16:59:48 PST 2011


Carrol asks:


> So what's to understand?

You could start by trying to understand that 'social media' in this context doesn't mean any of the things you've determined it means -- remember a few hours ago when you claimed you had no idea what it was? That should have been a clue for you to do some research before just making up a [IMHO, worthless to this thread; perhaps worse than worthless since it has now taken the thread down endless corridors of stupidity] definition on your own. It has a particular meaning in popular culture, and it was that meaning that was used earlier in the thread as a touchstone.

You might even start looking in a place many consider to be a canonical example of said social media: Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media

After reading that page, if you'd like to correct all of us in our use of the term, please do so on that page itself so that all may learn from your insights, as opposed to on this mailing list, where many people now simply delete messages from this thread without bothering to read them.

You started the day without knowing what social media is; now you are one.

/jordan



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