January 5, 2022
In a rare occurrence, Americans of all ages have agreed on something: They don’t trust social media with their information. Sixty-four percent believe the government should do more to rein in Big Tech companies, according to a recent Washington Post-Schar School poll. In the past two years, the government has filed antitrust lawsuits against Google and Facebook. Lawmakers in Congress are promoting bills to end Big Tech’s alleged anti-competitive practices. And President Biden has signed an order to crack down on Big Tech and boost competition “across the board.” Will we see a large wave of Big Tech regulation? If social mood shifts to negative, such a development would be more likely. In the May 2000 issue of The Elliott Wave Theorist, Robert Prechter said that when the bull market reaches exhaustion, “the old supportive mood begins to crumble, and the new punitive mood bursts forth.” He said one result of this shift is attacks against highly successful enterprises. To learn more about social mood’s effect on perceptions of businesses, read “Attacks on Successful Corporations Accelerate.”
If you look closely, you can see patterns in social mood that help you predict social trends. Learn more with the Socionomics Premier Membership.
The Socionomist enables you to see trend-shaping waves of social mood, as reflected by the stock market — and capitalize on them. The April 2023 issue looks at negative social mood’s influence on the tumultuous history of the Mexican Revolution. Mood Riffs topics include President Joe Biden’s reelection prospects, challenges facing corporate giants, the new workplace trend known as Bare-Minimum Monday, and British Columbia’s effort to relax laws governing hard drugs. Read the April issue when you become a Socionomics Premier Member. 
