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> But in these times people or rather mobs have got that power - for better or worse. Is this really true? It seems like social media has a relatively limited
by thenewnewguy 7y ago
> But in these times people or rather mobs have got that power - for better or worse.
Is this really true? It seems like social media has a relatively limited impact on companies/countries on any scale longer than a week. Most social media outrage seems to just result in an apology by the company and perhaps some weak action, and everybody forgets about it a few days later.
Remember when the whole internet collectively tried to stop the FCC from repealing net neutrality? Or Article 13? Or the constant complaints about demonetization of content on YouTube? Internet mobs never seem to get anything meaningful done.
- achow 7y agoRussia, FB and POTUS?
- thenewnewguy 7y agoWhether or not FB meddling influenced the result of the US election is questionably uncertain at best, and regardless Russia isn't an internet mob.
- achow 7y agoTwitter Revolution: - 2009 Moldova civil unrest, claiming that the elections, which saw the governing Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM) win a majority of seats, were fraudulent - 2009–2010 Iranian election protests, also known as Green Revolution and Facebook Revolution, following the 2009 Iranian presidential election - 2010–2011 Tunisian revolution, also known as Jasmine Revolution and Wikileaks Revolution, in which the regime of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was ended after 23 years - Egyptian Revolution of 2011, in which the regime of Hosni Mubarak was ended after 30 years Euromaidan Revolution in Ukraine, beginning in November 2013. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter_Revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter_Revolution
- thenewnewguy 7y agoAs far as I can tell those are all events that were taking place in the real world and were also organized on/protested on Twitter - rather than Twitter being the cause and/or sole location of them.