Liberating The Internet

The internet, well mostly social media, has become more frustrating in the past 5 years. Wael Ghonim, a person who works at Google, had a presentation and talked about social media. He started off by saying he made a fake Facebook account to make a campaign to stop the India attacks. The campaign got so popular that it had a lot of supporters and started a revolution. You  can see how well social media can start things. He also talked about how social media can be troubling for some people. He was saying how there are challenges for social media.

The first challenge he started off with was, "We don't know how to deal with rumors. There are too many of them." This is true, there are too may rumors on social media to know which are real and which are fake. That rumor saying Michael Jackson was still alive, people were wondering if he wasn't dead. But they haven't realized that if he was still alive, people would have found out already. You  have to ask yourself if this is true, why would someone tell the public that? Social media is basically filled with rumors now. Next in his presentation, he said "We create our own echo chambers, we block out people we don't want to talk to or just for no reason." If you been on any social media site, you would know that you can block people. This most useful if people are being annoying, but it can be really annoying if people just block you for no reason. You always have to have a reason to block someone. For the next challenge, he stated that " Online discussions quickly turn into an angry mob. A little comment about something can turn into a big online fight that can escape into the real world." This challenge is mostly seen on Youtube (a website where you post videos). Say you went on Youtube to see a video about the 2016 Presidential Debate and then scrolled down to see the comments. People would comment Donald Trump is bad and people would reply no he isn't Trump 2016. Then more people would join in make a big deal out of it. The fourth challenge he said was " It becomes hard to change our opinions online." He's basically saying be careful what you say on social media. The final challenge he said was " Social media is designed where in a way that favors broadcasting over engagements." Wael's just stating that social media can get out of hand.

Wael also said that there are some suggestion to stop these problems. The first one he started off with was " Get rid of the trolls. Trolls are people on the internet that like to joke around for attention." Trolls are really annoying. They would just make something up when they don't really mean it just for attention. It's like, why would you even do that? Do you really want to be "that" guy? Instead of trying to act like a person that's bored and wants attention, try to help others stop the people trolling. The other suggestion he presented was what if we put more focus on the comments we post. He said "What if we put more focus on quality? What is more important, the number of views on a comment, or the impact of the comment on people?" You should really just focus on what the comment says instead of saying something random and trying to get views. If you say something random, it might turn into a riot. But if you focus on the quality of it, people might take it as an okay comment. So after all of this, social media is still about the media, pictures and stuff. But if we focus more on what we're actually saying and doing on these social media websites, there won't be any problems.

Which Personality Do I Have?

Strengths

"I am tolerant, reliable, charismatic, altruistic, and a natural leader. I don't just think about myself, I think about other people. I would help my friends in the toughest situations." 
I have to agree with this because I have the feel to help people with problems. I'm always being cooperative during teamwork. I never let my team down. If the team captain doesn't want to be the leader, I would volunteer to be the leader.

Weaknesses
"I get too carried away with my ideas. I struggle to make tough decisions. I wander off in my 'free roam' brain. I also feel sensitive and feel for my friends more than myself."
I'm kind of half and half on this one. On one hand, I really do get carried away with my ideas. I just think about random stuff when I'm not doing anything. When I'm with other people,I daydream all the time (well sometimes I do). And on the other hand, I'm not "too sensitive". I don't necessarily cry over many things, and people's words don't hurt me that much like how other people cry over them. I don't really care what people think about me. If I'm in a challenge with someone and they say You suck or You can't do it, I don't actually care what they say to me. I know that I can do something, and if someone says that I can't, they're either jealous of me, I'm really good, or they're just a sore loser. And I don't say they're bad at something either. I say " good try" or " you can do better than that". I'm not a sore winner when I beat someone at something, I say that was a good game and tell them to try harder the next time I play against him/her. I try to have good sportsmanship towards my competitors.

Friendships "I'm not a shy person who's afraid to talk to others, but instead, I'm a person who loves talking to other people to get to know them. I occasionally talk to people for bantering conversations. I don't just go to a random event, instead, I wait until someone asks me if I would like to join them."
I completely agree with this. I usually just talk to random people for social interactions/activities. But when I'm talking with my friends, we just talk about random stuff, and I can have a really fun time with that. When I see some of my friends going to an event, I don't usually ask them if I can go with them, they ask me if I want to go. That makes me feel like we have a strong connection between our friendship.

Career Paths
"I'm the type person that likes jobs that will help other people, like a volunteer."
I don't agree with this that much. I mean, it would be cool to be like a doctor or a volunteer, but I always wanted to be an animator or a singer for my career. Even if I did get a job as an animator or a singer, I would still help my friends and family.

"These were the results I got from the '16 Personalities Test'."