Week 1 Post 1

 In this week's LinkedIn post, Professor Kelsey iterates the detrimental, more specifically toxic, attributes to contemporary social media, coining the phrase Digital Dark Ages along with it. Truth be told, there is plenty of toxicity to go around for each and every social media user, however what one may not know is that 90% of said toxicity stems from the social media platforms themselves. For starters, the fact of the matter that social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok gather and sell your data to the highest bidder in the name of advertising, we can clearly see that there are regularly occurring nefarious intentions and actions with these platforms. 

On a similar subject, another problem propelling these digital dark ages, is the lack of data archeology. For us young bucks who grew up with the internet, back when the internet was still in its diapers, the classic words of warning our parents gave us when we came around to the posting and uploading age was that "Once something goes on the internet, it stays there," which is true, however only true to an extent. When it comes to archival information, especially when said information is that of a drier topic, it is quite possible, sometimes easy for the pictures, videos, and text to be lost to time if no actions are made for the implementation of data libraries, which can definitely be aided by AI.