Though optimistic pundits have declared Twitter largely responsible for social uprisings like Arab Spring, the microblogging network is hardly going to usher in a more liberated future. It’s a business, after all, and it bends to the law like every other business does.
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Posted by
CygnusX1 on 02/20 at 03:13 PM
Aww schucks! You mean to say I’ve been wasting my time on Twitter all along?
Of course Twitter is constrained by it’s own business ethics, politics, and is now used and scrutinised by authorities, and it was noted that not once was #Occupy or #OWS trending even during the peak of protests? .. Something that was also brought to the attentions of Twitter.
Guess wot? We all need to be careful what we say in the public and global domain, else we open ourselves to litigation for libel and slander. Yet the art is to aim to deliver world change despite these constraints?
It is amazing how quickly the Twitterati do become socially aware of protocol and diplomacy, even with no moderation. In fact, I’d say that the social benefit of this ethos and increased awareness for etiquette alone, is worthy of praise, and has established a new era in communications and global unity?
People help change the world, Twitter is merely another “very effective tool” for inciting social change.
Posted by
CygnusX1 on 02/20 at 03:21 PM
Now if we could only entice those millions of Self indulgent Facebook users away from staring at pics of themselves and do something really useful?
Only kidding! (or am I?)
;0]
Where is Adam Baldwin?
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