This post is part of our special coverage Caucasus Conflict Voices. As part of the BBC Superpower Season, the BBC's Azeri service approached Global Voices Online's Caucasus editor to participate in its own reflection on the power of the Internet. Locked into a bitter stalemate over the disputed territory of Nagorno Karabakh, BBC Azeri were specifically interested in how new and social media could bring the two warring sides together. What follows is the final part three of the series, originally published yesterday in Azerbaijani, translated or using the original texts in English. It followed the first two parts already republished in English on Global Voices Online here and here. The BBC Superpower season is in March. In these programs we discussed the power of Internet and the way it affects the lives of people. The Internet has brought big changes to the lives of people starting from personal relations to business contacts. New media has opened up a new way not only for journalists. It has also inspired an audience and civil society towards free thought and social activism. The wide use of social media has changed cultural and political values throughout the world. People are willing to communicate, participate and share their thoughts. This new online project prepared by the Azeri service of the BBC within this Internet season is called Facebook diary. Every day the participants of this project will follow social media sites like Facebook and Twitter and share their observations with readers of this site. The first part of our Facebook diary is called Social media and conflict resolution. As an observation, the main purpose of using Facebook is about the opportunities offered to users of social media as well as using it as a think-tank platform. What opportunity does social media offer to peace activists from Armenia and Azerbaijan? Can new media tools change the current situation? What are the negative effects of social media in the light of nationalists using new media for an attack on the “enemy”? Answers to these questions will be given by diarists writing on “Social media and conflict resolution” – Arzu Qeybullayeva from Azerbaijan and Onnik Krikorian from Armenia. United we stand When two youth activists Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizada were arrested last summer, I realized something unique. While Emin and Adnan were from Azerbaijan, there was a wide support network that formed around them, including from Armenia. Even before the news of their arrest was covered by mainstream media, many blogs in both Armenia and Azerbaijan were already writing constant updates regarding the incident and updating their Twitter and Facebook statuses. It was an incredible feeling to see total strangers ask questions, post updates and provide moral support not only from across the border, but via social networks. I was fortunate enough to see the passion — and sorrow — in the eyes of Armenian youth when talking about this incident during a training. They shared our frustration and disappointment, and it was sincere. And this is how we are: ‘us’ Azerbaijanis and ‘them’ Armenians, but in essence we all are the same. We listen to similar pop or indie music, watch the same videos, share the same experience of studying abroad, and hopes for a better future. I remember talking to my first Armenian friend whom I met during my exchange year in the US. We liked the same music, bands, and read similar books. My next encounter was several years later in grad school, where yet again we had so many similarities. Years later, I even had the opportunity to work with an Armenian journalist, Onnik, and once again, we shared one very important value in common – breaking stereotypes through use of new social media such as blogs, Facebook and Twitter. Onnik Krikorian is the Caucasus regional editor of Global Voices Online as well as a freelance journalist and photojournalist based in Yerevan, Armenia. Reflections A friend from Baku visiting Tbilisi rang me last night. It was a shock and not least because I'm usually used to speaking to her over Skype. It was a reality not lost on her too. “One day,” she said, “I hope to be able to ring you from my own home.” In fact, it was strange. Yes, it was her voice, but it was also somehow different speaking to her, like most people do, on a phone. Skype is a wonderful tool which has opened up many possibilities, but it's a way to circumvent restrictions on communication rather than to finally remove them once and for all. The same is true with Facebook, blogs and Twitter. True, without them, I wouldn't be in touch with so many people in Azerbaijan, but it’s also not quite the same as that personal touch.