Amongst all that is new, claiming to be used and all that is old yet still seeking recognition, in practice, we may adopt the wisdom of Alexander Pope:”Be not the first when the new is tried. Nor yet the last to lay the old aside” This quote applies to me when thinking about my experience with Social Media. Step by step, I am experimenting with this new way of communication, without sacrificing my strong beliefs in the importance of quality, value addition or content. I am an avid reader of newspapers, originally founded to share valuable content to the masses. To survive and generate additional income, the newspapers found an income stream through advertising which later included Junk Mail.  I always got annoyed when my newspapers were delivered and all of the contents, including the colorful selection of brochures, coupons or “Junk Mail” would fall out. I understand some people may find these useful but I was always interested in “Content” of valuable information. Now history repeats itself as we experience the times of social media. It is too easy to forward anyone information from the worldwide web, sometimes without even reading the entire article ourselves. The receiver can then quickly categorize these people as ”Junk Mail Enthusiast (JME’s)” and do what most do, dump it in the Trash Bin……. for this, let’s focus to deliver content first.

Never before in the history of humans, did the common man document and publish his thoughts and opinions as much as is done today.

We are living in a time where posting aphorisms and sharing them with the world via Internet and social media, is no longer a privilege amongst a small group. We are able to quickly express our thoughts; the emphasis being quick sharing, between all the other tasks and actions that occur in our daily lives.

In one hundred years, we will have a vast amount of thoughts coming from all levels of the society which will better enable us to analyze a period of our history.

For this reason, between the quick lines, we should not neglect the quality of messages being sent and passed on to the next generation.