Comments on: The dangers of relational inflation: a social media bubble? https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/the-dangers-of-relational-inflation-a-social-media-bubble/ Researching, documenting and promoting peer to peer practices Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:49:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.17 By: Sepp https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/the-dangers-of-relational-inflation-a-social-media-bubble/comment-page-1/#comment-429775 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:49:52 +0000 http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=8927#comment-429775 Good observation by Umair Haque.

But may I posit that in the final analysis, it is our use of social networks that determines their social utility.

Anyone can “turn off” the intrusion of low-value games on their facebook account while keeping in touch with those friends who do have important things to say, and they can in turn spread the word to their circle.

We aren’t locked in to the low value communications that social networks have made their default mode because they maximize advertising income.

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