A baby flails its hands and feet around randomly in an effort to know how to use them. Eventually it moves on to stacking blocks, which is also pretty useless, but it is on a path toward doing cool stuff.
Modern use of "social" technologies like Facebook and Twitter might be like a baby hive mind flailing it's hands and feet around trying to figure out how to use them. Eventually it may move on to coordinated flash mobs, which are also pretty useless, but it may be on a path toward doing truly cool stuff.
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