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It's not just wide public discussion, when there's some large local event(weather, tornado, etc) I usually find the most up to date and accurate information on
by vvanders 10y ago
It's not just wide public discussion, when there's some large local event(weather, tornado, etc) I usually find the most up to date and accurate information on twitter 2-3 hours before any news site.
It's the CB radio of social media and I find huge value in that.
- komali2 10y agoDoes it function better for you than a google search or a news.google.com search?
- vvanders 10y agoYes, much better. All it takes is someone and their phone. Take for instance the recent tornado we had off the Oregon coast. I had video/pictures/reports showing up even ahead of the local NOAA site or google news.
- athenot 10y agoSevere weather (tornadoes) is also the most important benefit I get from Twitter. Generally speaking, it's great for aggregating witness accounts of a real-time event that's going on.
- wingerlang 10y agoSimilar, there was a fire around my office a week ago and within minutes there were an image on twitter. Within 30 minutes multiple ones from various angles. Granted, it was the first time I ever went to Twitter for something like this, but I knew that it was /the/ place for the most up to date information. And I try to avoid Twitter as much as possible, too annoying to read in there.
- snewk 10y agohow is news.google "social media" in any way?
- criddell 10y agoIt isn't. The person you replied to was responding to the idea that Twitter is a good source of news.
- niftich 10y ago> It's the CB radio of social media Amazing analogy, far better than any other metaphor I've previously heard applied to Twitter
- gaius 10y agoIt's the CB radio of social media and I find huge value in that. We had that. It's called Usenet and IRC.
- yoz-y 10y agoIf be "we" you mean a few highly invested tech people.
- mrweasel 10y agoI don't know anyone besides "highly invested tech (and media) people" that uses Twitter, so... Usenet, IRC, Twitter, neither is really important for anyone besides are rather limited subsection of the general population.
- zimpenfish 10y agoMost of the people I follow aren't "highly invested tech (and media) people", just normal people who happen to use Twitter to connect with others.
- rahoulb 10y agoFor some meaning of "limited subsection of the general population". I had 12000 followers for a twitter account about a specific football club - a specific subsection but not a technical or media one. I used to randomly look at my followers and while many were "highly invested tech and media people" - the majority were just people who wanted to stay up to date (in particular I used to live-tweet during games which lots of people really enjoyed). That was a few years ago though - personally I rarely use Twitter any more.
- criddell 10y agoWhen CNN puts up a lower third scroll of Twitter commentary, do you think all those people are tech enthusiasts and media wonks? You might not know people personally, but certainly you're aware of Twitter's role in the Arab Spring. And you've heard of Black Twitter, right?
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- hockeybias 10y agoExactly.
- Senji 10y ago4chan/8chan. If there's a "HAPPENING", it will be posted there faster than the news stations can keep up.