Comments on: Social Media–It Ain’t All Good http://salesandmanagementblog.com/2008/08/21/social-media-it-aint-all-good/ Climate declared: 3.4 kg of CO2 per kg of product due to excessive amounts of hot air Fri, 25 May 2012 16:25:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Nesh Thompson http://salesandmanagementblog.com/2008/08/21/social-media-it-aint-all-good/#comment-814 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:36:09 +0000 http://pmccord.wordpress.com/?p=477#comment-814 Perhaps, I’m a little altruistic but I think that social media and the internet can only work with a collective will to learn and exchange information from those who participate. This means that to do well you have to be open. In a world of competition, there are some who define themselves by shooting down others which I don’t think is applaudable at all, but in a social network is damaging to the online community as a whole.

The double edged sword, is that the internet gives an opportunity for anyone to contribute to the overall good of an industry. Anonymity on one hand can be encouraging to those who may not be used to the limelight, but as you say encourages vulgarity in those who thrive in showing others up. The collective will should extend to promoting those altruistic characteristics and discouraging the negative.

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