Here is the GeekSpeak subject for Saturday 5th November at noon SLT: Will we get a worldwide digital town square on Twitter?

 Twitter was bought to change society and to enable free speech for everyone, not to make money.  It will now be re-shaped into something that will really serve humanity. Or do you disagree?  Will Twitter be a digital disaster?  What can Twitter, or other social media, do to improve?  What will all social media do for humanity? Can Twitter be properly managed by humans? Are AIs needed? Will Twitter lead to a world government? ...

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HOW SOCIAL MEDIA BORDERS ON BULLYING by Linda Lauren

I like Jimmy Kimmel, but I don’t care for his segment called Mean Tweets. I thought the delivery by the celebrities of the  tweets from insulting fans was humorous in delivery,  but really sad that people think its ok to insult others via social media. People like Christina Applegate and Dr. Phil were able to poke fun at themselves with these tweets. But what kind of message are we sending when we make light of words that are meant to be mean and hateful? Last time I checked that was called BULLYING. Seems no one is exempt even...

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Second Life Avatars And Social Networking ...Pandora Drezelan Reporting...

Social networking sites are widely used by both our real life selves and our Second Life avatars to connect with friends and family, to advertise our businesses or ourselves, and for recreational purposes. In real life, many use these sites to brand themselves, to create an image, a personality. Do we do the same thing for our Second Life avatars? ...

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