Derek Ross on Nostr: I just got done reading a 46 page slide show that I created in 2009 for a local ...

I just got done reading a 46 page slide show that I created in 2009 for a local business workshop where I taught local business owners the importance of joining Facebook and Twitter. It's a wild blast from the past!

If I taught a similar class today, it definitely wouldn't be the same. I don't even know if I can say that it would be similar.

My, how I've grown as a human...



Instead of this being a positive feature for businesses, being able to target the demographic that they want, this would now be an sounding alarm. I would explain how Facebook weaponizes this information and uses it against us. I would discuss the right to privacy and why it's important.

I would still stress the importance of connecting with customers, creating their voice, and building their brand as I did in other slides, but I would now focus on decentralization, censorship resistance technology, and why those two are important for businesses. I would explain what I've learned and seen happen and unfold over the past 14 years since my previous social networking class offering.

This slide would now be a Zapvertising slide.



When I find the time, I may do this as a compare and contrast. I think it would be a fun exercise.