Sociological dialogue on realism in social media
Q: What happens in social media today? A: People post stuff which is relative to their circumstances. The events or ‘episodes’ recorded in social ‘feed’ are categorical and consequentially constructive. The feed is relative to the past and the future, it’s a timeline essentially. Facebooks timeline for example Q: What do you see besides exclusive articles, by taking a Cross-Section of someones timeline? A: It’s a framework for understanding that person. You can see what has been, is and will influence them. You can interpret their emotional state and rational mindsets regarding circumstance with a externally objective viewpoint which they didn’t have at the time. Q: Does this benefit us? A: Certainly it’s useful in analytical senses, to determine parameters of human understanding, so based on logic, assumptions and intrinsic reason, all in mind perhaps to evaluation of the human condition. Yet this whole social media activity is neutral, it doesn’t actu...