http://www.theelusivefish.com/articles/2007/03/16/its-not-the-numbers-that-matter-with-social-media/ Articles and Discussion Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:56:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.theelusivefish.com/articles/2007/03/16/its-not-the-numbers-that-matter-with-social-media/#comment-2432 Gloria Hildebrandt Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:36:58 +0000 http://www.theelusivefish.com/articles/2007/03/16/its-not-the-numbers-that-matter-with-social-media/#comment-2432 This has always been true of all social interactions, not just online ones. I had a priest who once told me that you can never know when something you said or did changed someone's life, even to the point of saving it. A friendly smile, an offer to help with a stroller or holding open a door, can cause someone to realize that not everyone in the world is bad or uncaring, and that perhaps there's a reason not to commit suicide today. And who knows, that person might go on to do something valuable in turn. It's all about the power of spreading good when evil seems to be everywhere. This has always been true of all social interactions, not just online ones. I had a priest who once told me that you can never know when something you said or did changed someone’s life, even to the point of saving it. A friendly smile, an offer to help with a stroller or holding open a door, can cause someone to realize that not everyone in the world is bad or uncaring, and that perhaps there’s a reason not to commit suicide today. And who knows, that person might go on to do something valuable in turn. It’s all about the power of spreading good when evil seems to be everywhere.

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