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She's trying to create a movement out of it: http://www.letsbegamechangers.com. I'm not sure how I feel about this, if it's sincere and genuine or just a marketing ploy. Hopefully the former.

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> BUT PLEASE CAN SOMEONE MAKE A SOCIAL SHARING PLATFORM NOT BASED ON VALIDATION IN VIEWS/FOLLOWERS/LIKES BUT SHARED FOR REAL VALUE AND LOVE.

I suspect the lady will eventually learn about Cambell's Law...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell's_law

Wow. Is she advocating for complete removal of social media from the web? Good. It has done nothing good for anyone.

Other than help start revolutions in the Middle East.

It collapsed two countries and nearly got a third but ended with exchanging one dictator for another. How is Tunisia these days? The origin gets overlooked with the rest of the shit show going on.

> It collapsed two countries and nearly got a third

So that's nothing, now?

The actual wording was "nothing good".

The goodness or badness of the various revolutions going on is, at best, debatable. I suggest waiting 20 years to collect more data before attempting to debate it though.

Actually, less than nothing.

Not sure if this is sarcasm. Job opportunities, facilitating protests/revolutions, artistic collaborations, ...

Not at all. See my reply to your sibling comment. Add to your list massive government and corporate spying.

That's fine and I agree to some extent. But you said 'nothing good for anyone.' Some organizations abusing social media doesn't nullify the good things that have happened because of it.

speaking of jobs, where does the product ultimately take the public? Not alive during the dev. of rockets, and space exploration, but everything since then seems to just be a circle jerk about the next uber-for-pulling-bugs-off-my-windshield.

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