Ted Talk

So Wael said there were problems that social media was facing. He said that one of the problems was that rumors were spreading. This was bad because this can give someone or something a bad reputation and that someone or thing could have been Wael and that would have led to him being less effective when he was taking a stand for Egypt.The second problem is that everyone limits themselves to their own groups and don't let others join them unless they have the same beliefs. This was bad because people like that are becoming more and more ignorant because they don't let others give their point of view. The third problem is that online discussions  quickly descend to angry mobs. This is bad because people can get injured from this and possibly killed. The fourth problem is that it is hard to change our opinions because of the way social media is and that makes us to jump to conclusions. This is a problem because we don't realize what we agree to and sometimes we can do offend certain people by agreeing to it. The last problem is that we don't have meanigful  discussion and that we just prefer to post about it. This is bad because people don't realize how important it actually is and just end up posting about it just for recognition.

Wael also gave his ideas on how we can improve it. One way is by having a matrix so that we know how many were impacted so that the activist keep on doing what their doing. This is good because the more they can make a positive change, the better the world is. The last solution is that he said we need to create an effective crowdsourcing mechanism. This is good because it will spread the information to others and that will help make change for the better.