Social Media - Used for Good

 

A song found me again tonight.
Not just the voice, but the moment around it.

Voices joining. Rhythms building.

Strangers creating something together.

Not for attention.

Not for noise.

But for expression.

For connection.

A reminder that even here,

in spaces we question,

there is still light.

Social spaces are just tools.

And in the right hands,

they don’t divide, they build.

They lift voices.

They create unity.

They help us see one another.

So thank you

to those who use these spaces

to create, to uplift, to connect.

To turn something simple

into something shared.

A moment. A voice.

A spark made brighter together.

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It's late, and there are so many things that I still want to think. Using one of my music apps, I put on shuffle, and Jericho came up. And it reminded me how the first time I found Iniko, it was indeed on TikTok. And there were others who basically made this song big, helped make it big, I should say. I don't know all the details, of course, but I do remember this one in particular with two people who were beatboxing and just adding their voices in support of Iniko's. It made me happy. I really liked it.

It was exactly how social media should be used, especially something like YouTube. In my opinion at least. It was just something that made me grateful. Social media is just a tool, and it's still so new, and I do believe that people aren't using it the best way ever, but it can be used for good. I am grateful for those who use it for good. I know that good and bad are subjective terms, but the fact is that we can use something to build. This particular way built unity. It built visibility. It allowed us to know who she was.

There are other artists who came up through social media or who were found on social media, most certainly. But right now, I just want to be grateful for those who use social media to build. And even if somebody does post something that they don't agree with, then they use it to educate or to communicate and try to get on some form of common ground.

So to the people who are using social media right, at least in the way that I believe it should be used, awesome. Thank you. And for those who aren't, there's always a time to change. You decide.