"The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"

"Allow me to pose a few questions"

"By all means"

"What is news? Why do media companies have the monopoly? Wouldn't it be more accurate to hear the news from those to whom it is actually happening in the direct time that it was actually happening: no delay?"

"Of course, but this is impossible because the person in the place and time is not connected to the rest of the world."

"Exactly, you say it perfectly. They are not (or would have to be) connected to everybody else. But what if we had, using technology, a way to connect ourselves to the rest of the world."

"Explain"


"We need something (a technology) that allows us to instantly update the rest of the world with whats going on around us."

"So, an instant messaging platform?"

"Not exactly. The application must ask a question that when answered reveals what is going on around the user (us)."

"So what question do we ask?"

"You tell me"

"Well, the question would not only have to answer whats going on around us, but also what we are currently doing."

"So can we come to an agreement that the question asked by the application should be: What are you doing?"

"Agreed, What are you doing?"

"So where do we go from here?"

"I think that we should decide on the length of the updates."

"Ok, well the message in the update should be something that can be sent quickly."

"So it should be short rather than long?"

"Yes"

"But why any limitations at all?"

"Because when one is limited, he is forced to find a creative level of efficiency"

"Why would we want to be efficient?"

"Its not necessarily a question of why we would want to be efficient, but why efficiency is necessary."

"Explain"

"Lets look at the teleology of efficiency in media over the past few decades."

"Monthly pamphlets and magazines, the emergence of talk show radio (daily) in 1989, the internet in the 1990's, and constant communication through social networks, blogs, etc. today."

"Ah, so since (we)the people demanded more, the media was forced to increase their levels of efficiency."

"Exactly. The world longed for news as close to real time as possible. Our goal is to merge this real time demand with the necessity of efficiency into one communicative network."

"And with this new technology we can satisfy that need!"

"Right again my friend, and not only will users (us) of this technology be able to update people with news, but they will also be able to voice their opinions to people in their network."

"One of the central elements in blogging!"

"So would it be fair to call these people (the ones giving the updates) opinion leaders/buzz marketers?"

"Yes, depending on their level of influence. But can we also agree that anyone has the potential to be one of these leaders?"

"Agreed. But how do we determine who has influence and who doesn't have influence?"

"You tell me"

"Well, i think it would be based on the number of people following said leaders current status, news, and opinions."

"Exactly. So what do we call these people (in the opinion leaders network)?"

"I think we should call them Followers"

"Fitting"

"An uncorrupted version of the media given to us by the user (us)"

"A powerful tool for social reformation"

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