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I don’t know what’s going to happen in Iran, of course. I hope something good comes out of all this for the Iranian people, but one huge winner has already emerged. Twitter has grown up so fast. Biz Stone and all the Twitter folks have to be walking on air even as they take their new responsibility to the world seriously. The were even asked to stay online and delay planned maintenance – asked by the State Department, no less.
Seldom, if ever, has a web service become so consequential so quickly. YouTube is a vital part of it all, too, of course, but it’s been around long enough to have established that it’s not just about stupid pet tricks. Not that there’s anything wrong with stupid pet tricks. Can’t get enough of them really. But nowadays you can’t run a political campaign without it, and the stupid candidate tricks can change the fate of nations. When all this is said and done citizen journalism will have come of age and proved its worth to any remaining doubters.
I get as much or more news from Twitter than I do from any other source. I have several feeds from Breaking News, Time, CBS, CNN, MSNBC and others but the biggest one I get is Breaking News and I get the most from them, anywhere from 15 to 30 minutes before any reporting from the media here.
ReplyDeleteOver the weekend there was no news coming from any of the Cable channels, but twitter was giving us updates and Sully and Huff Post were on top of it. But their updates were coming from twitter..It was awesome. CNN was particularly hard hit, but MSNBC needs to do something with it's weekend line up..
That is so damn fantastic that Twitter isn't doing that shut down. Think about it.....they're part of a revolution.
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