You have an important personal question you’d like answered. Explain the procedure for getting your question answered and why this method appeals to you (you don’t need to get specific, but let’s assume the answer does not require specific expert knowledge, as from a doctor).
These days, with social networking on the rise, it has become extremely easy to communicate amongst the web. People are able to post thoughts, ideas, news, questions, and opinions through different social tools like Twitter, blogging, and Facebook. As Shirky states, you don’t have to be a professional to be a publisher. The internet has become something that people can participate in; allowing them access to publish what’s on their mind and to connect with others. “To a first approximation, anyone in the developed world can publish anything anytime, and the instant it is published, it is globally available and readily findable.” For this reason, if I had an important question, one of the easiest way to obtain an answer would be through these social networking tools. Someone could post a question as their Facebook status and would be sure to get a couple of responses in return (It of course depends on the actual question being asked. One wouldn’t want to publish something too personal!) Other tools that are available are websites like Yahoo! Answers. In this instance a person could ask a question and random people can respond to it. The answers are ranked by users and the best answer is presented first. With all of these tools though, you have to remember that the people responding are not experts so you have to take their responses with a grain of salt!
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While I definitely think the internet is a great and easy way to get a question answered I don’t know that I would post a personal question on facebook or a social network like that. While many people don’t mind asking personal question like that to others I don’t think I would be comfortable with doing that. Going to somewhere like Yahoo could be an easy way to look at others answers to questions that you may have.
ReplyDeleteI think your methods and ideas work great. Using social networking tools is a great portal to information. While it's hard to distinguish what is accurate and what is not, the ability to receive fast information is important. However, you would have to be careful limiting what information you are putting into the social tools because yo wouldn't want certain information to be leaked out.
ReplyDeleteI didn't even think about Facebook as a forum to get questions answered, but that's a really good one! Granted, I would probably use it for a less personal question like what Ryan said. But yeah, when you just need a little advice from some friends, I think Facebook or Twitter would be a cool and fast way to get some feedback.
ReplyDeleteI think the internet is a good way to get answers for questions, but personally I wouldn't use it for a personal question. If I had something important to ask that was personal I would find someone I knew I could confide in. The internet can be a good tool as well though since it allows you to be anonymous if you want.
ReplyDeleteGreat blog post, and good comments, too. I think like many of you I would use a variety of tools: personal friends, online forums, etc. And it would depend precisely on what type of question... but while some sources woul identify you (Facebook), others could be used more anonymously.
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