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Social media musings…

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Troll.
Noun.
1. Critic.
2. Opponent.
3. Fault finder.
4. Fact checker.
5. Who differs in opinion.
and lastly
6. Stalker, abuser and one who threatens.

Social media has made all of us philosophers, writers, photographers, videographers, voyeurs, experts, agony aunts, attention seekers and trolls.

Fake story goes viral. Millions page views.
Fake story debunked. Millions more page views.
Particle-antiparticle pairs can be created from nothing.
Same with news!

These versions by Sunil Rajguru

Those who don’t have it, shut up. Those who have it, complain the most.

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poor-2382641_640In India, there are people with absolutely no access to media or freedom of speech and expression.

Then there are people who have access to newspapers but no TV.

Then there are those who have access to TV but no Internet.

At the top of the pyramid you will find citizens of cyberspace who rant against every topic under the sun and have access to all the information which those at the bottom can only dream of. Yet it is this group of people which will shout the loudest that their freedom of speech and expression is at stake and vital information is shortcoming.

Into ten if you are a celebrity in cyberspace.

© Sunil Rajguru