So, I admit, I’ve become a little obsessed about Twitter!  What’s the latest hash-tag?  What’s the latest trend?  It’s exhausting and exciting all at the same time.  But, just yesterday there was a tweet that stopped me dead in my tracks.  The famed documentarian Erroll Morris (@errolmorris) stated “Could social media really be anti-social media? (How do you tell the difference?)” Skeptic?  Maybe.  Brilliant?  Definitely.

It really makes me wonder as I continue to type this blog that all the glitsy web features really have made us unsocial.  But, maybe that is an overstatement.  Social media really has become a phenomenon within itself.  Yet, without it….where would we be?  Would Obama really be president if he hadn’t embraced the web of younger generations?  Would “Paranormal Activity” created the cult following that it did without the use of social media sites like Facebook?

To some, the social media bug creates an avenue for people to know, whether they want to or not, what you are thinking and doing at all times of the day.  But, I’d like to think that social media is an avenue that can champion change.  Like the texting for Haiti campaigns that raised over $10 million dollars in one day.  Or the Facebook phenomenon of stating your bra color could help create commotion about breast cancer.  The web has become a worldwide ‘watercooler’ and I love it!  And I think Erroll Morris might change his tune when he is having to promote his next documentary.