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February 24, 2021 | 5:39 pm
By Tony Samson
IN THIS AGE of social media and virtual meetings, how many times do we hear the appellation of “influencer”? Was there even such a word before blogs and followers became faddish? From the old-fashioned celebrity endorser, we now encounter advice-givers who influence decision-making for individuals or herds. The recent stock market assaults in the US involved influencers going wild with their herd instructions that made certain stocks shoot up or crash down.
Influencers are often subjective and may themselves be influenced to promote certain opinions. Moving together, mercenary influencers are referred to as trolls. And they can be a collective, or a “troll farm,” under the employ of subjects with their own agenda. In the coming political exercise, these opinion farms will mushroom and clash with one another.
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By Tony Samson
IN INFORMAL CONVERSATIONS, it is easy to forget who youâre talking to, and what topics are safe. The freewheeling nature of the exchange may lead to a subject best left unmentioned, at least with this particular person. Virtual chats are specifically perilous as one tends to overlook who are in the conversation, especially those with videos turned off.
Certain topics need to be studiously avoided. Politics and religion are on top of this list. They can also cover money, like how much someone makes in his job or how heavily another is abusing her credit card. Entangled relationships of other people are dicey in any conversation. A subject can loom up like a sprinting bicycle in the next intersection, if conversation were a street. A slight swerve is needed to avoid a collision, maybe a detour to a side street is where this one leads to. Harmless topics are not exempt from the taboo. A casual mention of a movie seen together can prove to be a s