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Live coverage is only valuable if it is live. For most, this only came in the clear in the aftermath. Twitter is more akin to a real time, universal log + inte
by shimonamit 15y ago
Live coverage is only valuable if it is live. For most, this only came in the clear in the aftermath.
Twitter is more akin to a real time, universal log + interactions, but it doesn't come with a central studio that sifts through the materials and gives you the good stuff. If you don't know where to look, for most it will always be a hindsight experience.
- palish 15y agoActually, the Twitter stream was the first news I'd read about OBL. I woke up a short while ago, checked HN, thought "Huh, 'Osama'... I wonder if they're referring to Bin Laden?" and read the Twitter stream. (I had the good fortune of not seeing "Osama Bin Laden Is Dead" at #6.) For me personally, that was far more satisfying than hearing about it via "traditional" sources. (Including Reddit.)
- bbgm 15y agoLikewise. I was working when my Twitter lit up. And it's not the first time this has happened.