It appears that Facebook, Twitter, and all the other sites are different from what I imagine they’d be.  It appears you need to pay attention to what you submit.  In other words, it appears like a king’s castles and kingdoms, an industrialized, compartmentalized office again.  To have access, it’s all about money   However, we should be prioritizing people with less resources and money because they’ve been through an incredible amount on this industrial earth planet   Therefore, my conclusion is the Twitter and all the social websites, are merely about a top down approach to living on earth   Managers can pick and choose what to take, extract, exchange, and then exclude you from getting involved.  Therefore, it appears to me to be the same old compartmentalized and confined Omerta hierarchical structures in industrial earth, Kings’ castles and kingdoms.  However, I’m going to give it a chance because I just made my first Twitter post.   Hopefully, it is the null hypothesis.

It has become increasingly clear that the digital public squares, once heralded as catalysts for global connection and democratic discourse, have evolved into something far removed from their initial promise. My observations suggest that platforms like Facebook and Twitter, rather than fostering organic interaction, largely operate within a sophisticated attention economy. Visibility and engagement, it seems, are increasingly commodified, requiring a strategic financial investment to cut through the digital noise.

This paradigm evokes a rather unsettling parallel to archaic power structures—a modern feudal system, if you will, where access and influence are primarily dictated by capital. It mirrors the compartmentalized, hierarchical arrangements of historical kingdoms or rigid corporate structures, where entry into certain spheres of influence or the amplification of one’s voice is contingent upon resources. This stark reality stands in direct contrast to the notion of digital platforms as great equalizers.

Indeed, a more equitable approach would prioritize the voices and experiences of individuals with fewer resources, given the disproportionate burdens many have historically endured in our industrially-driven world. Instead, these platforms often perpetuate a top-down model of control, where algorithmic gatekeepers and platform architects exercise significant power. They curate, amplify, suppress, and ultimately determine who gains an audience and whose contributions are deemed valuable, effectively acting as arbiters of digital participation and discourse. This centralized authority can feel remarkably similar to the opaque, exclusionary hierarchies of old, where power was concentrated and dissent was managed.

Despite these profound reservations regarding the current trajectory of social media, I remain committed to understanding its nuances from within. Having just initiated my presence on Twitter, I embark on this endeavor with a blend of skepticism and a flicker of hope. Perhaps, through direct engagement, my initial hypotheses regarding its fundamentally hierarchical and resource-driven nature may yet be disproven.

Social media needs to be an Eco Geo kind of concept where it is Eco Geo relatively prioritized in terms of importance and significance.   Thus, those people that have something genuine to share, will get the attention that they deserve.   Thus, this would minimize the disingenuous banter and rhetoric generating machine.