Online social networks have passed their promise of creating a social network. It feeds the desire for attention in a competitive market. We seek the likes of people we didn’t know existed. This hyper-competitive side of social networking technology takes our time immensely in return for, simply put, nothing. The currency of likes is not worth a dime.
- Related Note(s):
- Likes are driven by our inner drive to be accepted by a group. However, this time, the group is the one we don’t even know. It’s pure automatic, on autopilot.
- Source(s): The Road to Character by David Brooks
