I have an article in mind, entitled Corner of Social and Media: Where Glib, Cute and Stupid Meet, but it’s late, I’m tired, and nobody pays me anything for blog writing. So I had a thought.
What if I post a title and not explain at all what I had in my head and let other people contribute material from their perspective of the title, and what I might mean.
So, I’m doing it. I understand I probably won’t get much response, but help me out with this experiment in collaboration. Tweet and retweet this. Share it as best you can, and encourage people to write something in the comments section relevant to the title. Anything relevant.
And of course you try it too. Let’s see what happens. Can we use social media to collaborate in an ambiguous context?
Just leave your comment, or comments. Pretend you are writing an article with this title. What do YOU put in it. Write five words, or five paragraphs or five pages.
#1: Cute, Glib Or Stupid:
#SocialLearning participant @localfoodwisdom tells the world “I’m at the Hopleaf with @mrch0mp3rs and his bride, contemplating the inevitable and essential convergence of..” in a tweet, letting everyone who might have an interest that s/he is away at home, along with his friends. Recent news stories have highlighted that thieves are targeting houses by casing the tweets, thus finding out when it’s safe to bust in. Not Glib. Not Cute, Just Stupid. But, not to worry because this person has lots of company. And many of the people telling others when they are invited to rob them are actually quite well known in social learning community including someone I like — Gina Scheck.
#2: Cute, Glib Or Stupid:
This comes from perhaps the person who most exemplifies these qualities. Here’s a quickie from @marciamarcia maven of social learning. I enjoy her takes on learning because they get downright funny sometimes. The question must be asked: Does this Brady Bunch refugee and learning research have any acquaintance at all?
She says: Social media enables me to store what I know if my friends’ heads. Glib? Cute? Stupid?
We have to go with glib and stupid. One of the fascinating things I’ve noticed is that while social networkers and media maven talk about contact, they are among the more manipulative people around when they participate in social media, treating others as objects. Is that what this comment reflects?
Many social media people are not to be taken literally I guess. It’s odd, though when you think about what they post you really see how vacuous almost all of what they say is.