After reading the most talked about topic on twitter about West Bengal CM Mr. Jyoti Basu made me realise the importance of social media and its effects on the "LIVING" people. I was really astonished to read such a news and I must confess that i myself was about to retweet the very same article. But when i read another article ( http://anirbansaha.wordpress.com) claiming that there is no such news about the death of Mr. Jyoti Basu, I got a little confused anf thought of waiting a little longer to get the correct information about him.
Is this what Social media is made of??? Some psycho blogger writes a damn wierd story about a death of a still living person and it starts trending on social networks. Social media is a plat form where people can share ideas,news or information from around the world but that information need to be authentic and not just any useless piece of rumor.
The problem with the social media is that we cannot find the authenticity of the person involved and he/she can write anything and that news is spread in two minutes like a wave of water. I reckon that its our duty to make sure that the information we are sharing with our networks is acceptable enough. Assorting such news is quite hectic and sometimes time wasting but spreading a untruthful piece of news is quite dire for the society.
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