It’s ok, the waters fine!

As our world continues to change and evolve, through the expansion of the internet, it is an unfair assumption that the powers that be will automatically assimilate. There has never been a time in history when the government was on the same page as the rest of the country , at the same time. History has proven time after time that the people, the citizens of a country are the real policy makers and legislative changers. In the area of the internet , this truth remains the same.

The way the government and the internet has interacted since its inception has been minimal. Other than having crappy websites or websites with just enough information that tells you to “write your representative” the government has not been as technologically savvy as some would hope.

It reminds me of a child teaching its parent how to send and check emails. After some time curiosity builds up and the parent wants to join the world as it is happening today. But the only way they can understand their way around a Hotmail account is if someone who is familiar with the application is able to show them the ropes.

I don’t believe our government has gotten to that point of curiosity yet. However with trailblazers like Barack Obama, who has shown the power of the social component on the internet by the amounts of money he has been able to fund raise for his campaign , has started to promote a small amount of curiosity among his political comrades. (I wonder is it only because money is involved?!)

But what I think many people should be asking themselves is why Obama’s campaign was able to infiltrate the internet world with such acceptance and gusto? And the answer is that he had not allowed himself to become tainted by other peoples skepticism . Similar to many people who are really, really, really, interested in the social networking world, they walk to the beat of their own drums. And I personally feel that by the time the government feels that its ok to jump in, and the waters fine, these current social media junkies will have moved onto another task.