Haider Nawab
The past few days, media all over the world has been going on and on about facebook exceeding the 500 million mark.
The Economist published a piece on whether the future of global nationalism will be marked by virtual social networks, considering David Cameron recently sought advice on how to manage people's interests and rights from none other than Mark Zuckerberg.
Facebook is not a government, certainly not a representative one. At least, it did not set out with that notion. However, with so many people on board, there is a certain power the social network commands, one that cannot be left unnoticed.
With the introduction of currency, facebook credits, the organization may just have found a way to tax transactions in its domain. Otherwise, provisions of basic infrastructure are shared between the user and Facebook.
All of us must have a functional internet connection to log in to the network. Communication space, photos, video and interaction are all provided for by Facebook. In addition, it claims to look out for privacy and security of the user, something it hasn't quite been a 100 percent on.
One comment on the economist article below put the changing dimensions of global architecture. Over the past few years, the role of State and Citizenry had become that of Gulliver and little Lilliputians. The internet, the comment suggested, seems to be the net within which Gulliver is trapped.
What will happen in the years to come is a shot in the dark. But it sure is going be an exciting ride.
