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Twitter and Facebook users came up with the idea of promoting positive thinking via the Internet by adding a plus sign on their profile pictures. They also want to spread thoughtprovoking and creative ideas, support people who have done good things and have good values, and form an offline group to help others.
They tend to focus on the changing individuals - getting people to be more openminded and more responsible for what one has posted, helping to correct information on websites, and living with moral standards.
This was just the beginning for social network users' trying to help the country. They plan to continue coming up with ideas that could yield positive results in the near future.
Almost 200 people gathered yesterday at Wawee coffee shop, Soi Aree, to seek for alternatives to eliminate disagreement between people in social media and society.
They were separated into groups and asked to 'brainstorm' to find conclusions for three questions given in a paper: What do you think the social value would be? And how can it be used? How are we going to use social networks to help the country? And how are we going to bring that to people around us? How do you and your group plan to give a hand to the country?
Each group was given about 45 minutes to 'brainstorm'. Some groups came together, but those who came alone could join other group as well. It shows that people in social network have various backgrounds and professions.
However, all had the same intent to help improve the country. The Irresistible Bachelors group was one Twitter group with members from different backgrounds, for example: students, an IT expert, an engineer, and a legal expert, with an identical purpose.
"After all the horrifying incidents, especially when the protesters started to destroy Bangkok, we feel that we need to do something for the country and Bangkok, which is our home. Yet, we didn't know what to do or where to start. We heard about this event from Twitter and thought this should be the a start for social network users to show their ability to cure society," one member of the bachelors group said.
Ron Kamnuanthip, general manager of Universal Music Thailand and the host of the event, said he believed in the power of social networks. So, he and his group decided to hold the event because friends from around the world were asking about the situation in Thailand and feared all the good "Thai things" would be lost.
"It gets me worried when my foreign friends ask me about the good social value that Thais used to have - for example, the generosity. As I usually spend most of my time on the Internet, I believe social networks have enough power to show Thais' ability to turn society around because many intellectuals these days are actually using social networking websites," he said.