Who's listening anyway?
With lots and lots and lots and lots of time to kill, I am surfing the Net most of the time. What surprises me is the number of blogs, forums and networking sites that are running. Everyone (well, almost) has a blog these days. We got forums that have people coming together and discussing stuff. And you ought to be extinct if you havnt heard of Orkut.These places are good for creating new links in our lives. You get to meet so many folks and your circle expands. So far so good.
The Net has empowered everyone with the Freedom of Opinion. You can simply pick up some topic and state your thoughts about it. Though this is a good thing which sets one's gray cells thinking, what worries me is the authenticity of such opinions. If I need to know about something, how do I know who to listen to?? Too much of information is a burden now.
Everyone puts across their 'opinion' making the content subjective to some extent. Right,left and center we got portals and websites asking you to voice your opinion on something!! There was a time when I was an active member of such forums, but after a while it didnt make much sense to me. You talk,discuss,argue,fight,move on. Next topic. Repeat. If your information can help someone, that's good. But pointless debates and discussions beat me.Like a wise man once said, "Right to be heard does not imply right to be listened to."
The Net is a powerful media. Last few months have witnessed its impact on some relevant issues. But we need to make a clear distinction between 'news' and 'opinion'. Between what is to be heard and what's to be ignored. Some portals have the "Who's who" talking about issues. These folks know their stuff. Some portals have greenhorns talking about what they like. This makes for good timepass reading. Some portals have both. We gotta be choosy here. More choices make life more complicated, right? :)
Am off to somemore surfing....hail free time! :D
© Zarine.
The Net has empowered everyone with the Freedom of Opinion. You can simply pick up some topic and state your thoughts about it. Though this is a good thing which sets one's gray cells thinking, what worries me is the authenticity of such opinions. If I need to know about something, how do I know who to listen to?? Too much of information is a burden now.
Everyone puts across their 'opinion' making the content subjective to some extent. Right,left and center we got portals and websites asking you to voice your opinion on something!! There was a time when I was an active member of such forums, but after a while it didnt make much sense to me. You talk,discuss,argue,fight,move on. Next topic. Repeat. If your information can help someone, that's good. But pointless debates and discussions beat me.Like a wise man once said, "Right to be heard does not imply right to be listened to."
The Net is a powerful media. Last few months have witnessed its impact on some relevant issues. But we need to make a clear distinction between 'news' and 'opinion'. Between what is to be heard and what's to be ignored. Some portals have the "Who's who" talking about issues. These folks know their stuff. Some portals have greenhorns talking about what they like. This makes for good timepass reading. Some portals have both. We gotta be choosy here. More choices make life more complicated, right? :)
Am off to somemore surfing....hail free time! :D
© Zarine.
Comments