Are you spending too much time updating your social media pages? Google's new robot may be able to help you manage your social media time more effectively.
According to BBC News, Google has plans to create a program that will "learn how you react" on social media and put out automated messages, statuses, comments, and more.
The software would react the way that it expects the user to react. Essentially, it would take the human interaction out of social networking.
One one hand, I could see how this program could be beneficial to people. But, as I feel about most new technologies, I feel that this just adds to our constant connectedness. If you don't have time to be on social media, why not just stay off of social media? Having a robot create your messages is really just unnecessary.
In the article, Professor Shaun Lawson is quoted as asking, "Are we really so concerned with posting messages to every friend or follower that we feel compelled to have to automate that process?"
Social media is a way to stay social. It's a way to stay in contact with people. If we use this software, aren't we missing the point of social media -- to be social?
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