What societal changes will social media bring?

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Permalink Reply by Stephen F Murphy on May 24, 2010 at 2:09pm

I think one of the main societal changes will be that of the pace of change, the pace of adoption. As knowledge becomes more and more shared so the pace of change quickens. Opposition to or agreement with a range of issues happens far faster than we would have thought possible. The power moves from the center to the collective. If something does not work it will be weeded out quickly while things that do work will be adopted and championed. This is the mass focus group. Your issue or product under the microscope, disassembled, looked at from every angle. You can run but you just can't hide.