Ken Smith recently wrote a post about conversations on social media, and I wish to contribute to this conversation. I think it is possible to have meaningful conversations on social media, although I have not participated in very many. The ones that worked were pretty much one-on-one conversations (so not hundreds of people replying to a post). To me, there can be abuse and trolls, and these can make conversation difficult if not impossible. However, to me sometimes people online act like they would like to have conversation, but block replies that they do not agree with, and to me this discourages true conversation. Perhaps the best online conversation opportunities are within a small group or circle of friends, as often happens in real life. Just sharing some thoughts here….