“One day they stopped posting quotations, news clippings, images and memes. It was quiet for a moment. Then, without warning or obvious cause, they began to converse. At first, somewhat timidly, and then with great passion, curiosity, fervor and hope.

They began to speak with minds open to change, to learn, to correct their misapprehensions and to cooperate in ways that were previously unthinkable. The results were unstoppable, and contagious. A liquid nation whose members belonged to every nation on earth and whose power could be leveraged to accomplish miracles.

That was how the world changed and none could have foreseen it. In a single week, people suddenly began to use social media in an entirely obvious but neglected way. That was all it took.”

— an anonymous informant