Research

Research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind.

~ Marston Bates

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I think when we use social media as a source of research, we have to be careful. People post things they want us to see and read. These things are not always true. Plus, we also bring our own lenses to the posts. We may make meaning of them in ways that may or may not be accurate. 

For example, I once wrote to a friend of mine after doing online research about someone, "I thought she met some country singer I didn't recognize, but turns out it was a guy she works with who was holding a guitar." 

Truth is elusive.