Edward Snowden* once said,
"Social media, in a way, is like a Circus show and we are all monkeys in one of it's cage. Everyday a banana is thrown into the cage and we all take sides and fight for the lone banana. End of the day the banana might not satisfy any of the monkeys. But it doesn't matter, because by that time a new day comes and along with it a new banana
Slowly the monkeys started getting a kick out of these daily fights, even though it often turns out ugly. One can't expect the circus company to end this ridiculous routine, as their whole model is based on interactions. The more the monkeys fight, the more interactions it creates and more dollars audience will shed. Once the monkeys stop their fight, the model breaks and the business dies.
Interesting part is that the doors of this cage is never locked. The monkeys can get out anytime and have a better, independent life outside than being restricted to this vicious fighting cycle. But what if they are too addicted to the fight, that they don't even bother about a way out"
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* You all know who Snowden is and that's not the point. Considering the shrinking attention span of social media population, the only way to get this kind of relatively 'long' post read by people is to link it to someone who could generate curiousity. In other words, replace "Edward Snowden" mentioned above with Me ...
"Social media, in a way, is like a Circus show and we are all monkeys in one of it's cage. Everyday a banana is thrown into the cage and we all take sides and fight for the lone banana. End of the day the banana might not satisfy any of the monkeys. But it doesn't matter, because by that time a new day comes and along with it a new banana
Slowly the monkeys started getting a kick out of these daily fights, even though it often turns out ugly. One can't expect the circus company to end this ridiculous routine, as their whole model is based on interactions. The more the monkeys fight, the more interactions it creates and more dollars audience will shed. Once the monkeys stop their fight, the model breaks and the business dies.
Interesting part is that the doors of this cage is never locked. The monkeys can get out anytime and have a better, independent life outside than being restricted to this vicious fighting cycle. But what if they are too addicted to the fight, that they don't even bother about a way out"
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* You all know who Snowden is and that's not the point. Considering the shrinking attention span of social media population, the only way to get this kind of relatively 'long' post read by people is to link it to someone who could generate curiousity. In other words, replace "Edward Snowden" mentioned above with Me ...
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