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Mainstream media is far from the best, but they tend to at least gloss over the cause of the explosions, whether people were hurt, and so on. The commentary we

by orib 18y ago

Mainstream media is far from the best, but they tend to at least gloss over the cause of the explosions, whether people were hurt, and so on. The commentary we got from what was posted went something like "Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god." Twitter isn't really a competitor to the mainstream media, however what it may become -- if the mainstream media catches on -- is an early warning system of sorts. There are lots of eyes on it, and the news channels could possibly keep an eye on it to figure out where to send reporters.

whatusername 18y ago
bingo. 140 characters isn't a news service. But If you follow 100 people (frequent tweeters) in every city around the country/world, you may get an early warning of something happening. I think scoble had a post some time back - making the comparison between "news" and "noise". There is breaking news in the noise - the problem is filtering it out. Anyone think there's potential in a breaking news stories site? There's probably a 30 minute window where twitter / fb / etc are really the only sources reporting... Enough to build a business model perhaps? (Maybe selling content / targeted adds at journalists)