power of the internet

There are a million things wrong with the internet. Viruses, stalking, and false facts posted here or there. But maybe there are a million and one good things. Maybe the power of the internet isn't bad. Sure the internet is an enabler. You can use it to find virtually anything. Be it a person, place, or thing.

You can find people you know, people you once knew, or people you're about to meet.

Maybe the internet will help in this time of turmoil.

I clicked a link from Twitter that took me to Reddit.com's page on the Boston crisis. Hundreds and hundred of people were posting info they had found from scouring the internet. They were doing things like comparing photographs and looking up the make & model of a parking meter that might have video evidence the police could use.

I doubt that everything on the site will be beneficial or even truthful. Some lies might be told and some inaccuracies will be passed along, but if any shred of useful information comes from it isn't that worth it?

The internet can be a dangerous place, if used improperly, but maybe if used with care it can help heal a nation. Maybe the internet can help bring these evil people to justice.

I can't condemn something that has so much potential.

If you want to be impressed go look at all the activity on Reddit. I'm amazed.

We are the land of the free and home of the internet-scouring, counter-terrorism focused civilians. (Brave also, in one respect or another.)

NP: American Boy- Estelle ft. Kanye