Hello and welcome to my web site.
My name is Mark McGuire. I advocate for my rights as a Deaf person. I also advocate for my right as a nomad. Beyond that, there is not much to tell you about me.
I do not view myself as an extra-ordinary person. With that in mind, I will share some details about my life, and my point-of-view (POV).
My Deaf Identity
I was born with “profound hearing loss” in both ears.
I have always felt and viewed myself as a Deaf person, one who uses sign language to enjoy full access to all that life has to offer each of us.
Why I use quotes around profound hearing loss
Internally, I always struggled with this concept.
The main question behind this struggle is not why do I have hearing loss, but how can I have hearing loss if I never had hearing to begin with?
As a result, I have come to accept that ‘hearing loss is a term based on the concept that you must have hearing to begin with.
The term ‘hearing loss’ is a medical term.
While I appreciate the ability to diagnose a range of ability to detect sound, I have to disagree with the position that the ability to hear is a position of superiority.
Until we accept a more equalized term, perhaps something such as ‘hearing sensitivity’, hearing loss is not an acceptable term to identify myself with as a Deaf person.
Social networkism
I consider myself an otrovert.
What is an otrovert?
In the age of social networkism, it is important to be aware of an increasing range of personality types. While I grew up with the terms, extroverts and introverts, it is only recently I came across two more terms, ambiverts, and otroverts.
- Ambivert
- HyperText Markup Language, the language used to structure web pages.
- Extrovert
- Cascading Style Sheets, used for styling HTML documents.
- Introvert
- A programming language that enables interactive web pages.
- Otrovert
- A friendly, sociable person who does not identify as a member of any specific group.
As a result, I do have social networking accounts. I may acknowledge (thumb down or thumb up, et cetera) or comment from time to time on these accounts. Regardless of how I interact on these accounts, I no longer engage on such accounts for the purpose of social networking.
What is social networkism?
There is no documented definition or discussion about the concept of social networkism.
Documentation on social networkism
Finding on “social networkism”
No standard reference exists online for “social networkism.”
Searches across general web and academic sources show no recognized use of that term in dictionaries, research, or theory. The phrase does not appear in current academic literature or Wikipedia as a defined concept. It is not a known ideological label or field of study on the internet.What exists instead
- Strong, well-defined concepts about social networks and social networking exist online.
- Social network refers to a structure of interlinked individuals or groups studied in sociology and related fields. Wikipedia
- Social networking refers to online platforms and interactions where users connect and share information. Wikipedia
- Related academic terms include networked individualism (a sociological concept about individuals in digital networks), not “social networkism.” Wikipedia
Conclusion
- Social networkism is not a documented term.
- You may use the word if you define it clearly yourself, but it will not match an established concept in internet references.
Social networkism — definition
An ideology that treats social networks as the primary way people should connect, share information, form identity, influence decisions.
Core idea
- Network participation is central.
- Visibility equals value.
- Connection equals power.
Key beliefs
- Social platforms shape truth, status, behavior.
- Large networks matter more than direct relationships.
- Reach matters more than depth.
What it is not
- Not an economic system.
- Not collective ownership.
- Not socialism.
Simple test
- If the focus is beliefs about how society should operate through social platforms, it fits -ism.
- If the focus is using platforms, it is just social networking.