“informed social authoring” vs “social media”
The discussion of Social Media and whether the term is best continues, fueled by Doc Searls reaction to Brian Solis’s post, which Brian followed-up on a few days later. Doc does a nice job of reminding us of what this is all about:
The human need to increase what we know, and to help each other do the same, is what the Net at its best is all about. Yeah, it’s about other things. But it needs to be respected as an accessory to our humanity. And terms like “social media”, forgive me, don’t do that. (At least not for me.)
Very true! So perhaps the way to think of this, piecing together Doc’s words and combining it with what is core to what is happening, shall we call it “informed social authoring”? Again Doc opines:
I think of it as writing that will hopefully inform readers. Informing is not the same as delivering information. Inform is derived from the verb to form. When you inform me, you form me. You enlarge that which makes me most human: what I know. I am, to some degree, authored by you.
Okay what say you? If your thinking, ‘well, I am new to this so I don’t have a view”. My response is that you have an opportunity to bring your fresh perspective to author me and others. So, what are you waiting for?