http://craigpearce.info/public-relations/social-media-a-lost-opportunity/ Better business and society Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:11:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://craigpearce.info/public-relations/social-media-a-lost-opportunity/comment-page-1/#comment-64 on_line_writer Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:02:58 +0000 http://craigpearce.info/?p=83#comment-64 Sorry Craig, the opportunity isn't lost, its still there for the grabbing. I remember when television was intoduced,; comments much the same as yours were put forward - the hoi poloi could have culture, ideas, and education. That it didn't happen this way is not the fault of the medium. You are a trained professional communicator. You live in a where bosses pay you to voice an opinion. Others aren't so lucky. They go through life in a state of quiet desperation to be noticed. No one listens when they say "G'day" or "Have a nice day", or even when they have an original idea. So when there's a chance to grab the spotlight or microphone, its a bit of a thrill. They don't ask for 15 minutes fame, a few minutes is pretty good. That's why stuff like karaoke has its followers. I know my limitations, I am a voal disaster, so I wouldn't try to sing "My Way", no matter how lonely or drunk I might be. But I don't begrudge others the chance to broadcast. So what if a thousand monkeys are banging typewriters in twitter or facebook. One of them might eventually write a good line or two of pure poetry. And the world will be a better place for it Asking twiter to be purely brilliant is like looking for a road paved with pure gold in Eldorado. A flash of opal in the dirt, or a speck of gold in the stream is encouragement enough. That's the opportunity that exists in social media. cheers Sorry Craig, the opportunity isn’t lost, its still there for the grabbing.
I remember when television was intoduced,; comments much the same as yours were put forward – the hoi poloi could have culture, ideas, and education. That it didn’t happen this way is not the fault of the medium.
You are a trained professional communicator. You live in a where bosses pay you to voice an opinion. Others aren’t so lucky. They go through life in a state of quiet desperation to be noticed. No one listens when they say “G’day” or “Have a nice day”, or even when they have an original idea.
So when there’s a chance to grab the spotlight or microphone, its a bit of a thrill. They don’t ask for 15 minutes fame, a few minutes is pretty good.
That’s why stuff like karaoke has its followers. I know my limitations, I am a voal disaster, so I wouldn’t try to sing “My Way”, no matter how lonely or drunk I might be. But I don’t begrudge others the chance to broadcast.
So what if a thousand monkeys are banging typewriters in twitter or facebook. One of them might eventually write a good line or two of pure poetry. And the world will be a better place for it
Asking twiter to be purely brilliant is like looking for a road paved with pure gold in Eldorado. A flash of opal in the dirt, or a speck of gold in the stream is encouragement enough.
That’s the opportunity that exists in social media.
cheers

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