The main objective of the creation of the internet is connectivity and information sharing. the ARPANET, the pioneer of the now world wide web was created just to do that..to solve the problem of how can one computer be connected to another computer and interchange information in realtime. From that simple objective, the internet has involved to what we are seeing today. Facebook, Twitter, blogger and other social networking are all created with one main reason; to connect everyone. Facebook now have 350 million users. Just imagine that. Even the population of Malaysia is 27 million. Facebook is a nation by its own and interconnecting the entire country and even regions.
So, what will happen if everyone is connected? You will start to have a commonalisation culture. A commonalisation culture whereby the issues discussed is the same, the information sharing is practically the same and even slangs and words are approaching towards commonality. I started to notice this when the news of MJ died. Everyone on facebook and twitter is talking the same thing and everyone gives their own personal view on the news. This would never happen 5 to 10 years ago. The same happens with the inauguration of Barrack Obama. Previously, the news are only shared one way.. For the first time in history of mankind, the news is shared two ways. You can get the main information plus also the side and less informal info on the same issue.
Is this commonality culture is good or bad? Only time will tell
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