Chapter 5 Summary

        This chapter put into perspective the presence of companies I was vaguely familiar with growing up. Sites like AOL, Yahoo, and MSN. I didn’t really have access to the internet at home until I was about 13, so I couldn’t actually use any of their services back then. I’d say that’s for the best. I have used Skype, at least, but of course it can’t beat discord, now. It actually never occurred to me that MSN belonged to Microsoft. I also had no idea that VOIP was used by my ISPs to connect my landline years ago, but it makes a lot of sense. 

        The idea of social media replacing record labels was sort of funny to me. A record deal being a guarantee of fame and fortune for a choice few musicians has always been a soulless prospect, even for me as a musician myself. Pop stars beginning to wield their fame without the need for massive media umpires dictating their every step is liberating, but it goes to show that one is only as free as they are powerful. The fact that Facebook is the largest social network in the world sickens me. Such a cesspool of years old memes has been unattractive to me since I reached the age of common dignity. 

        I did not use LinkedIn much in the past, although I had made an account some years ago. To me, it was nothing more than a job search website like indeed, so I didn’t explore it much and didn’t care to network. Then again, back then I didn’t really have much in the way of skills or education to advertise to the world. I can see LinkedIn becoming a more useful tool to me in the future.