A response to "Having Your Say"

This is a reading response to a section of an article called "Having Your Say" Yes, I will. Thank you!

This article focused on the history of free speech and writing to the public with expectations of having an audience and how that has evolved into our modern era. The article spoke of a place in London called Speakers' Corner where, in 1872, their government set the spot aside specifically for public speaking to take place. In that spot, Karl Marx, George Orwell, William Morris, and many other recognizable people spoke out loud to the public, spreading their visions and ideals to the masses from a soapbox.

Now a days, anyone on the planet with an accessible connection to the internet can speak their minds. Blogs, video blogs, life journals, and so on are all for people to vent their ideas to, whether they be about society or just an artist wanting to share her works with the world and receive comments. When you think about it, there are so many people out there, we couldn't possibly see everyone's blogs. That's where the popularity contest comes in. If you have a job doing something people recognize or even if you are frequently doing something silly that people enjoy reading or watching, you will gain followers bit by bit. Once your audience is big enough, suddenly when you have an opinion, it matter. It spreads like wildfire over sites like Twitter and Facebook and all forum sites. If it's on a serious subject, you might even be contacted for an interview. With a little recognition and some likability, anything is possible on the internet.