EDITORIAL: Is social media a force for good ... or for evil?

Help society meet friends who have never met in the world before social media, thereby deepening the friendship between countries at least at the individual level

Bullying and abuse, combined with general rude and misfortune, may have disastrous consequences for vulnerable groups.

The likelihood of being exposed to the worst human being rises significantly, which may lead to a negative perception that the whole species is increasingly unfair.

Reverberation effect. Social media adapts to their interests, strengthens their views, mainly eliminating other types of opinion. The struggle of ideology is an important part of human progress and I am worried.

Child sex offenders and fraudsters increase the possibility of assuming identity and doing work.

There are other advantages and disadvantages, but each opinion is different, but this may mean that the above negative list is longer than the active list.

Interestingly, the Sensis report released this week shows that Australians are more susceptible to trolling and bullying than Australians living in cities.

People who live in small places are more likely to get acquainted with each other, which can lead to an increase in the level of personalized trolling and / or bullying.

Like the first car and the big dog, social media may be a good thing, but it is best to handle carefully.

Social media has accelerated worldwide progress - good and evil. Historically shared pictures and were used to reconnect with friends, family and old flames, but these platforms quickly became one of the greatest forces of social change around the world . As novelty has almost disappeared, there remains a common understanding that social media offers something really valuable to the world, even sometimes even dangerous things. It improves complex topics to shareable information that can be discussed in a simple way. It creates feedback loops, interactive conversations, and personal stories, which make the problem human and create more involvement. Finally, it provides extensive coverage, enhances traditional media resources, promotes television, print and social media, and creates wider distribution channels. In other words, its function is too large to be ignored by anyone or organization.

As the CEO of a social media platform devoted to 'helping neighbors' neighborhoods, and recently I was told by 11 years old mother who was premature "social media is evil" - I am more nervous than most people I will. Why has social media been welcomed as an indicator of democratization of information, strengthening social movements, building a more connected world, and inviting numerous negative and unintended consequences? How can I reverse this situation? In order to understand the dark side of social media, we must focus on human psychology, group behavior and technology. As Susanna Schrobsdorff wrote last month in Time magazine, anger provides "explosive adrenaline" in expression, "anger is particularly contagious in social media" We are confident in getting emotions from our colleagues Because there is. line up. Empirical research supports this: the study by Chinese Weibo platform, Xinhang Weibo of Beihang University found that anger goes faster than joy, sorrow or aversion