Wael Ghonim: Let's design social media that drives real change
Wael Ghonim: Gerçek değişime sevk eden bir sosyal medya tasarlayalım
Wael Ghonim believes that the Internet can be the most powerful platform for connecting humanity, if we can bring civility and thoughtful conversations back to it. Full bio
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social media's greatest potential,
potansiyelini gösterdi.
its greatest shortcomings.
ortaya çıkarttı.
to topple dictators
bizi birleştiren araç,
in using social media for activism,
konusunda kendi tecrübemi paylaşmak,
I have personally faced
zorluklardan bazılarından ve
bahsetmek isterim.
of the people around the globe,
kurabilme arzusuyla
political realities
gerçeklerimizden kaçarak
I was completely apolitical until 2009.
kadar apolitiktim.
into social media,
in the country.
sonsuza kadar değiştirdi.
of a tortured, dead body
who was killed by police.
29 yaşında bir İskenderiyeliydi.
and I decided to do something.
yapmaya karar verdim.
had over 100,000 people,
100.000'in üzerinde aynı kaygıyı
the same concern.
AbdelRahman Mansour.
ideas from the people.
did not want Egyptians to know.
haberleri paylaşıyorduk.
media organizations
hatta en ünlü kişilerden bile
against his regime.
on Facebook and called it
Injustice and Dictatorship."
Karşı Bir Devrim"
of the page at the time:
kullanıcılara bir soru yönelttim:
to the streets of Cairo,
reached over a million people,
bir milyonun üzerinde kişiye ulaştı.
confirmed attendance.
for this campaign.
doğmasını sağladı.
that they were not alone.
fark ettirdi.
for the regime to stop it.
imkansız kıldı.
even understand it.
the streets of Cairo and other cities,
sokaklarını doldurdular.
the Internet and telecommunications,
kesmeden birkaç saat önce,
in Cairo, around midnight.
sokakta yürüyordum.
a massacre tomorrow."
tweet'ini atmıştım.
olduğunu gördüm.
and the others paralyzed me.
diğerleri etkisiz hale getirdi.
by state security.
kaçırıldığımı biliyordum.
and even morgues.
I was the admin of the page
bilen birkaç çalışma arkadaşım
my connection with that page,
by state security.
olabileceğimden bahsetti.
a search campaign trying to find me,
bir arama kampanyası başlattılar,
demanded my release.
özgürlüğüm için talepte bulundular.
and empowering moment of my life.
anlarından biriydi.
during the revolution.
18 günlük bir ütopya yaşadılar.
despite our differences,
Mübarek'ten sonra
olacağına inanmıştı.
were like a punch in the gut.
led to intense polarization.
söylentileri,
of misinformation, rumors,
filled with trolls, lies, hate speech.
söylemleriyle dolu bir savaş meydanı oldu.
about the safety of my family.
between the two main powers --
-ordu destekçileri ve İslamcılar-
democratically elected president,
protesto sonucunda
that demanded his resignation.
ilk cumhurbaşkanını devirdi.
on everything that happened,
anlamaya çalışarak
is primarily driven
and magnifies its impact.
etkisini arttırıyor.
that is not based on a fact,
söylemek, kavga çıkarmak ya da
someone that you don't like.
gelmek istiyorsunuz.
is only one click away.
sadece bir tuş kadar uzağınızda.
critical challenges
how to deal with rumors.
başa çıkacağımızı bilmiyoruz.
nitelikte söylentiler
among millions of people.
inanılır hale gelmiş durumda.
biz oluşturuyoruz.
with people that we agree with,
insanlarla iletişim kuruyoruz
and block everybody else.
bırakabiliyor ve engelleyebiliyoruz.
quickly descend into angry mobs.
haydutluk seviyesine düşebiliyor.
are actually real people
gerçek insanlar olduğunu,
to change our opinions.
değiştirmek gerçekten zorlaştı.
and brevity of social media,
it lives forever on the Internet,
sonsuza kadar İnternet'te kalıyor,
to change these views,
this is the most critical --
are designed in a way
we are here to talk at each other
gelmişiz vermişiz gibi.
critical challenges contributed
Egyptian society,
in the whole world.
olmaktan ziyade
part of the solution,
on how to combat online harassment
savaşılacağı ile ilgili
to design social media experiences
yükseltmek ve düşünceli olmayı
and reward thoughtfulness.
kullanacağımızı düşünmeliyiz.
that is more sensational,
angry and aggressive,
görmesini sağlarım.
of a post you write,
that read what you write?
incentives to engage in conversations,
insanları konuşmaya
opinions all the time?
teşvik edemez, okudukları
that they disagree with?
cevap veremez miyiz?
that we change our minds,
how many people changed their minds,
değiştirdiğine dair matris
of our social media experience?
deneyimimizin bir parçası yapsak?
are changing their minds,
takip edebilsem
thoughtfully, trying to do that,
who already agree with me
confirmed their biases.
tercih ederim.
crowdsourcing mechanisms,
online information,
de düşünmeliyiz.
today's social media ecosystem
and mutual understanding.
yeniden kurgulamaya ihtiyacımız var.
I teamed up with a few friends,
bir kaç arkadaşımla beraber
and explore possibilities.
media platform for conversations.
that promote mutual understanding
ve fikirleri değiştirmek
with different discussions
the refugee debate,
people on the planet
is being held captive
asil olmayan
of our human behavior.
to liberate society,
istiyorsak önce
gerektiğine inanıyorum.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Wael Ghonim - Internet activist and computer engineerWael Ghonim believes that the Internet can be the most powerful platform for connecting humanity, if we can bring civility and thoughtful conversations back to it.
Why you should listen
Wael Ghonim is a computer engineer, an Internet activist, and a social entrepreneur. He is a co-founder of Parlio, a new media platform for public conversations that rewards civility, which has been acquired by Quora. Wael is a senior fellow at Ash Center for Democratic Governance at Harvard University.
Wael spent 6 years at Google during which he used to head up Marketing and Product in the MENA region responsible of driving the growth of Google's products across the region and evangelizing the use of the Internet and growing the Arabic content in the region.
In 2011, Wael was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, was named one of Time 100's most influential and received JFK Profile in Courage Award. Coined the "keyboard freedom fighter," he used the power of the internet and social media to fight for social justice, democracy and human rights in Egypt.
He is the founder of "Tahrir Academy", a nonprofit online knowledge sharing platform for Arab youth. Wael received his Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering from Cairo University and earned an MBA from the American University in Cairo.
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