Blogs vs. Wikis

Blogs and Wiki's are two of today's main sources for society to contribute their thoughts and ideas to public media. While these two types of media have the same main goal, they are approached and submitted differently.
When creating a blog, you create your own personal page filled with your contributions. Others of course can comment and "re-blog" your posts, but the only one who can change your original post is you. For example, in Michael Wilson's article about a Brooklyn Blog that led to a drug raid, one blogger posted that he heard, “Fighting and drug deals going down in the driveway of this house.” Someone then replied to his post: “I’ve heard loud fighting for almost a year now but did not realize until recently that it’s a crack house.” Several comments confirmed the original post, and this collaboration led the detectives to this successful drug raid. This communication is what differs a blog from a wiki, as you can not "reply" to someone on a wiki. Also, someone would have been able to change the witnesses original post, and perhaps detectives would not have discovered the drug house in the area.
When it comes to wikis, anyone who creates an account can change and/or add anything to the page, regardless of it's accuracy. However, the concern for inaccuracies has been taken into account. John D. Sutter wrote about how Wikipedia has collected volunteer editors for the site to try to weed out the false statements. Perhaps wiki should require a credible source to accompany ever edit made to the page.

Social Networking: Better or worse than the real thing?

When was the last time you went out to dinner with either friends and or family and not one person checked their phone during the meal? We all do it, however, it becomes a serious problem when that is the only interaction someone has for their night out. Even if three words were exchanged, anything discussed probably had to do with what was on one's phone. It's sad to see a world in which we can no longer enjoy, let alone handle, conversations and interactions with other humans in person. Instead, we resort to typing messages over social media to express our opinions and feelings, since we no longer know how to do so in person. This is why i believe social media is ruining the way the we communicate.