If social media could be owned...

I've often wondered...

'If social media could be owned by one person or entity...who would it be?" Would it be the wealthy tech guru Bill Gates, the charismatic Oprah Winfrey, the regal Queen of England or the powerful US White House? The reality is that no one owns social media and no one ever will. Social media is governed by the people who use it to share information and to make connections.

"The reality is that no one owns social media and no one ever will."

Any attempt to drastically regulate it or make it authoritarian will probably result in disuse. The communal ownership of social is what has given rise to this new and exciting era of uninhibited sharing.  Even the creators of platforms have watched as their ideas morphed beyond their expectations based on user habits and patterns. Social media continues to evolve and we social media enthusiasts continue to marvel at the ways in which people are able to connect and carve out meaning from endless streams of information. It's always interesting to read up on the history of these social platforms and how they came to be. An interesting movie to see if you haven't seen it is, the Social Network, based on the evolution of Facebook . Check out the trailer below:



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