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Twitter grows up: Lessons from the Iran experience
BetaNews ^ | 6/18/2009 | Carmi Levi

Posted on 06/21/2009 7:00:37 PM PDT by Cicero

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I haven't been a twitter fan, but I thought this was an interesting insight.
1 posted on 06/21/2009 7:00:37 PM PDT by Cicero
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To: Cicero

Hope they protect privacy.

March 24, 2009: Iran mulls death penalty for offensive blogs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq9SkwGxvYY&feature=fvst


2 posted on 06/21/2009 7:03:46 PM PDT by Fitzy_888 ("ownership society")
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To: Cicero
http://www.inquisitr.com/26763/the-best-twitter-iran-cartoon-yet/


3 posted on 06/21/2009 7:07:12 PM PDT by Ladysmith (The trouble with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money - M. Thatcher)
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To: Cicero

Can someone explain twitter to me? I just don’t get it.

How is it different then sending a bulk email to all your friends and family?

How is it different than simply reading a “live” FR thread?

Thanks in advance.


4 posted on 06/21/2009 7:07:41 PM PDT by icwhatudo (For every clinic bombed or burned, 17 to 18 churches are burned down. MSM? MSM?)
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To: Ladysmith

That’s great!


5 posted on 06/21/2009 7:08:08 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: icwhatudo

You’d have to ask my kids that. I’m not up to speed yet.


6 posted on 06/21/2009 7:09:07 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: icwhatudo; Jeff Head

Jeff Head may be able to answer your question.


7 posted on 06/21/2009 7:11:59 PM PDT by Ladysmith (The trouble with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money - M. Thatcher)
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To: icwhatudo

Think of it as IM on steroids.


8 posted on 06/21/2009 7:15:00 PM PDT by TADSLOS
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To: Cicero

It is, isn’t it? Saw a glmpse of it on a video...

I think it’s this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMJ48Oe3nRw


9 posted on 06/21/2009 7:15:34 PM PDT by Ladysmith (The trouble with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money - M. Thatcher)
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Twitter is an non,moderated posting forum.Interesting but the best part for this is the links to the videos.http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23iranelection
10 posted on 06/21/2009 7:21:11 PM PDT by fatima (Free hugs today :).)
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it's a process that often repeats itself like clockwork over surprisingly long periods of time

Ham Radio during the WWII era comes to mind

11 posted on 06/21/2009 7:21:17 PM PDT by Mr_Moonlight
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To: Polarik

Might be of interest.


12 posted on 06/21/2009 7:23:17 PM PDT by LucyT
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To: Mr_Moonlight

Yes, absolutely. I hadn’t thought of that, but now I recall many a spy story about that time.


13 posted on 06/21/2009 7:23:55 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: icwhatudo

i finally signed up on it the other night. thought it looked lame. then i started finding people to ‘follow’. some were in Iran, others here (like Jeff Head), you can sign up for FR, CNN, most news sites, and then there are people like Karl Rove. you just ‘follow’ them and when they send a message it comes to your home page. i just keep it open all day now and check it off and on to see what is going on all over the place! lol hope that helps a little? it was interesting the last few days/nights reading the tweets out of Iran by the way.


14 posted on 06/21/2009 7:27:04 PM PDT by ferri (Sometimes the appropriate response to reality is to go insane. - Philip K. Dick)
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To: Cicero; abb

Ping.

I’ve been commenting on other threads that this Iran crisis may give us some idea of what might replace the MSM if it dies.

Then where would we get our news, in order to dissect and discuss it as we do here in FR?

Maybe YouTube. Maybe Twitter. Maybe the internet in general, with individuals providing photos, videos, and eyewitness accounts, and some mechanism that will help sort it all out and bring the best stuff up to the top.

It’s too early to say. But if the MSM wants to commit suicide, then I think alternatives WILL appear to take its place.


15 posted on 06/21/2009 7:30:48 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: icwhatudo
Can someone explain twitter to me? I just don’t get it. How is it different then sending a bulk email to all your friends and family? How is it different than simply reading a “live” FR thread? Thanks in advance.

Twitter is a free "micro-blogging" service that let's you post short 140 character "tweets" including a message or link. Your tweets are visible to people who have chosen to follow your posts and are generally also searchable by anyone. You can reply to a tweet by writing @Username. It's similar to Facebook status updates except more public. In fact I set up my own tweets to cross-post to Facebook. You are correct that it's basically the same thing people have always done, just very streamlined and trackable. Of couse the simplicity/ease of posting from your cell phone means people can do it practically any time, anywhere. The searchability makes it easy to graph trends and see how a particular event is unfolding in real time. For instance you can find other people who are standing in line for the same movie across the world or hiding under a desk in Tehran. Twitter has really caught on in the media/pr world or basically anybody who has a message they want to get out.

16 posted on 06/21/2009 7:52:42 PM PDT by Callahan
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It is, isn’t it? Saw a glmpse of it on a video...

Thanks for the link. Very interesting. I think it is clear that the present regime in Iran is illegitimate. And this is the regime that Obama wants to work with as a friend. He comes across as a complete idiot.

17 posted on 06/21/2009 7:54:51 PM PDT by stripes1776 ("That if gold rust, what shall iron do?" --Chaucer)
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To: Cicero
You may follow Conservative News as well by clicking on the "follow" button on their profile here:

http://twitter.com/ConNewsutm_source=follow&utm_campaign=twitter20080331162631&utm_medium=email

18 posted on 06/21/2009 8:03:53 PM PDT by La Lydia (.)
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To: icwhatudo

Also people who want to make it easier to group tweets together will include a “hash tag” in their tweet such as #iranelection. For instance we could start making tweets ending with #FRtweets and move this whole thread to Twitter. Lots of people use it to post inane stuff like “just ate some French fries but it really shines when it comes getting first hand info and feedback on breaking events.


19 posted on 06/21/2009 8:10:01 PM PDT by Callahan
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To: La Lydia

Thanks. I may get my kids to help me sign up and figure it out. Most of them are using Facebook, but Twitter seems to be entering the picture.

Also, Deo gratias, last year I was able to cancel my AOL account, because none of them use AIM any more—the only reason I kept paying the monthly charge as long as I did.


20 posted on 06/21/2009 8:18:35 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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