Have you been following the news regarding the importance that Twitter is taking in getting reports of the events occurring in Iran? People are re-tweeting the reports and photos which due to the exponential nature of Twitter, is spreading the news world wide in real time. The Iranian gov’t has tried their best to silence the news going out of the country, but Internet providers have stepped up to provide proxy servers that allow the news to by-pass the bans.
While a lot of tweets are just casual conversations, Twitter is proving to be a valuable source to quickly spread information to the world. Even the national U.S. media are spreading the tweets. Having the world know exactly what’s going on, seeing the bloody photos of the suppression, will make it tougher for the Iranian officials to not react in some way to the uprisings.
As I was seeing all these tweets hit my TweetDeck news feeds, I couldn’t help but think about what a great thing this instant news is as well as giving so much power to voices of common citizens.
Then it dawned on me that although we think this is new technology, I recalled that my father used his ham radio in much the same way as I use Twitter. Dad couldn’t post photos, but he could talk in real time to people in other countries while others listened in on the conversation.
Just as I’m sure some spouses get frustrated over the time people spend on Twitter, my Mom used to get tired of Dad spending so much time on his ham radio. Some people say they don’t “get Twitter”. I “didn’t get” Dad’s fascination with his radio either.
I wonder if Dad were still alive, if he would now use Twitter?
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Have you been following the news regarding the importance that Twitter is taking in getting reports of the events occurring in Iran? People are re-tweeting the reports and photos which due to the exponential nature of Twitter, is spreading the news world wide in real time. The Iranian gov’t has tried their best to silence the news going out of the country, but Internet providers have stepped up to provide proxy servers that allow the news to by-pass the bans.
While a lot of tweets are just casual conversations, Twitter is proving to be a valuable source to quickly spread information to the world. Even the national U.S. media are spreading the tweets. Having the world know exactly what’s going on, seeing the bloody photos of the suppression, will make it tougher for the Iranian officials to not react in some way to the uprisings.
As I was seeing all these tweets hit my TweetDeck news feeds, I couldn’t help but think about what a great thing this instant news is as well as giving so much power to voices of common citizens.
Just as I’m sure some spouses get frustrated over the time people spend on Twitter, my Mom used to get tired of Dad spending so much time on his ham radio. Some people say they don’t “get Twitter”. I “didn’t get” Dad’s fascination with his radio either.
I wonder if Dad were still alive, if he would now use Twitter?
Copyright © 2009. Elaine Reese, Real Living HER. Reproduction of any portion of this blog post or the images is prohibited by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. If this post is being viewed on any site other than www.ReesesPiecesOfRealEstate.com then the material has been stolen without permission. Violators will be reported.
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