Annotated Bibliography on Social Media Infrastructure

Annotated Bibliography on Social Media Infrastructure
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Annotated Bibliography on Social Media Infrastructure
Dash, A. (2016). The lost infrastructure of social media. A Medium Corporation. Retrieved 24 September 2018, from https://medium.com/@anildash/the-lost-infrastructure-of-social-media-d2b95662ccd3
As the CEO of a software company and the author of a blog that has been operating since 1999, Anil Dash has the experience to review the development of web infrastructure over the years. Dash’s take in the above article The lost infrastructure of social media is not subjective but rather objective and verifiable.
The article’s intended audience comprises of individuals and corporations that create web tools, and throughout the article, Dash encourages them to learn from the mistakes that made early inventions fail, then develop new technologies or recreate old ones and ensure they thrive. Dash discusses some of the services that gave bloggers new ways to share, communicate, and collaborate with their audiences and other authors across the web. Although the tools were either forgotten or simplified, Dash contributes to the topic by showing that there are new opportunities for web development by exploring its past (Dash, 2016).
The source provides relevant information because it explores a variety of applications that were useful for users, independent creators, and large corporations in optimizing their online experiences. The key point is that these services are still operational and useful today, only that large companies like Google, Facebook, and Twitter monopolize the tools for the networks they operate.

Although the author does not provide reliable links and references for readers to verify the information provided, active web users can identify the truth in some of the arguments presented and verify the information using web searches (Dash, 2016).
In conclusion, Dash succeeds in showing interested web developers that there is a lot of potential in applications that were created in the past but failed because internet use was not as widespread as it is now. Providing people with the ability to interact online with precision while protecting their online and personal identities and giving website operators a means to make a profit is one of the keys to maintain success. The past can offer enough inspiration for developers to improve people’s online experiences.

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Dash, A. (2016). The lost infrastructure of social media. A Medium Corporation. Retrieved 24 September 2018, from https://medium.com/@anildash/the-lost-infrastructure-of-social-media-d2b95662ccd3