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Every Twitter user has jumped aboard and is using the hashtag #PorteOuverte which is intended to help Parisians find a safe place to stay during these attacks.
by olliepop 11y ago
Every Twitter user has jumped aboard and is using the hashtag #PorteOuverte which is intended to help Parisians find a safe place to stay during these attacks. It's even trending in Australia. This shows that Twitter is a successful news aggregation and trend following service, but also proves its failure to be a platform for meaningful communication.
- theseatoms 11y agoHow has it failed as a platform for meaningful communication? Aren't you reporting its success in this area?
- NickNameNick 11y agoPeople expressing something (sympathy, judgement, whatever) are crowding out the messages of people trying to co-ordinate requests for support and offers of support. It's cool that the twitter user in Australia has a message of sympathy. But if you urgently need a safe place to stay in Paris, and you can't find the people making that offer, in a place meant for that offer, because the non-parisians are making too much noise, then that's a problem.
- theseatoms 11y agoAh. I misread OP's comment. Yeah, that's bad situation.
- saryant 11y agoThe feature isn't easy to find but you can limit a hashtag search to tweets near you. On the results page, click on "More Options" and select "Near You."