The death of the written word continues apace , as a Facebook exec predicted the sitewould in all probability be “ all video”within the next five long time . Let ’s prepare ourselves .
speak at Fortune ’s Most Powerful Women International Summit , Nicola Mendelsohn , Facebook ’s vice chair for Europe , the Middle East , and Africa , pointed out that video has taken off more speedily than anyone imagined . ( That said , whoever is genuinely surprised by that mayhap was n’t on the internet when almost a million mass watcheda watermelon vine being gasconade up . )
On the one hand , the idea of Facebook as all - video or , worse , fancy live - streaming site should strike fear into everyone ’s heart . You bonk what ’ll pass off in less than five years ? Another election . Only this meter , instead of long remark threads arguing with homophobic relatives until one of them asks if you may “ agree to differ , ” everyone will be posting video rants at each other . Is this a world we want to subsist in ?
On the other hand , live - streaming sometimes really can speak truth to great power , and give us lowly people access to the answer we demand . Mark Zuckerberg host his first Facebook Q&A yesterday andwas forced to deny of import allegation that he is a secret lizard person . Would that have happened as well over text ? I think not .
[ Fortune , viaBusiness Insider ]
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