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From the Ted Talk by Wael Ghonim: Let's design social media that drives real change
Unscramble the Blue Letters
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Open Cloze
But what if we put more _____ on quality? What is more important: the total number of readers of a post you write, or who are the people who have ______ that read what you write? Couldn't we just give people more __________ to engage in _____________, rather than just broadcasting opinions all the time? Or reward people for reading and responding to _____ that they disagree with? And also, make it socially acceptable that we change our minds, or probably even ______ that? What if we have a ______ that says how many people changed their minds, and that becomes part of our social media experience? If I could track how many people are changing their _____, I'd probably write more thoughtfully, trying to do that, rather than appealing to the people who already agree with me and "liking" because I just confirmed their biases.
Solution
- views
- reward
- minds
- impact
- incentives
- matrix
- focus
- conversations
Original Text
But what if we put more focus on quality? What is more important: the total number of readers of a post you write, or who are the people who have impact that read what you write? Couldn't we just give people more incentives to engage in conversations, rather than just broadcasting opinions all the time? Or reward people for reading and responding to views that they disagree with? And also, make it socially acceptable that we change our minds, or probably even reward that? What if we have a matrix that says how many people changed their minds, and that becomes part of our social media experience? If I could track how many people are changing their minds, I'd probably write more thoughtfully, trying to do that, rather than appealing to the people who already agree with me and "liking" because I just confirmed their biases.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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