Tragedy of Commons and Social Media
Tragedy of commons is already articulated and known. A problem. A problem that had and continues to plague distribution of public, economic, social and environmental goods. For the purpose of a quick draft, lets leave the tragedy of commons as a suggestion, a hint --that gathers and populates memory-- unarranged for the moment, acting as a background. Social networks and media do give rise to a common -- a virtual community*. They generate issues that are different from the tragedy that holds the commons. In the case of virtual platforms someone takes the 'trouble' of maintaining -- a common. This virtual Common is maintained and sustained through posts and status updates by individuals in the form of texts, pictures, memes, videos and arranged largely by an algorithm, a software application. With tragedy of commons, the common go unattended or fail to generate interest and incentive in tending and attending a common and that lead to various problems. Solutions that tragedy of ...