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. Posts, status undates in the form of texts, pictures, memes, videos are arranged largely by an algorithm, a software application. With tragedy of commons, the common go unattended or fail to generate interest; incentive in tending and attending a common and that lead to various problems. Soluti...