Friedberg argues Facebook is becoming Middle America while Twitter is becoming coastal elites, with different content problems reflecting their audiences.
“And Facebook is basically a product of Middle America plus kind of like countries outside The United States and, know, Twitter is about, you know, rich coastal kind of people.”
Friedberg argues social media democracy elects mob representatives rather than contrarian leaders willing to inspire.
“And leadership, as Sax points out, needs to and has to be willing and able to lead, which means being contrarian and being inspiring.”
Friedberg argues social media age democracies elect mob representatives instead of contrarian leaders willing to be unpopular.
“leadership, as Sax points out, needs to and has to be willing and able to lead, which means being contrarian and being inspiring.”
Friedberg argues social media democracy elects representatives of mob opinion rather than actual leaders.
“Because of the fast feedback cycles that we talked about earlier, and that a point of view, kind of the mob coalesces around the point of view, you end up electing the person who represents the mob, which means that ultimately over time in a democracy, in the social media age, is you don't end up electing leadership.”