TORONTO — Within minutes after a white van hopped the sidewalk and began mowing down pedestrians on a Toronto street, photographs and videos of the incident began pouring onto social media platforms. “We’re entering a stage where the initial glow and allure of social media has faded somewhat,” he suggested. “In the next year or two, we’re going to enter a more mature phase of how we use and digest social media,” he said. “This (incident) may well be looked back at as an example where the worst impact of social media didn’t come to pass.”It’s an optimistic prediction that not every social media observer considers realistic. “It’s hard, because on social media we’re just being bombarded with constant updates.

Source: National Post April 24, 2018 21:33 UTC