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Danny Sullivan's Twitter list about Watertown

47 points by pg 13y ago

nreece 13y ago
This one has same + more members (mostly on-scene): https://twitter.com/meetmarshall10/boston-tweeps https://twitter.com/meetmarshall10/boston-tweeps
- pmorici 13y ago
  This link from that stream is interesting, http://news.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981864024 http://news.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=28147498... It is an article talking about a kid who went missing a month ago who is thought to be one of the suspects.
  - toufka 13y ago
    actually posited on reddit, http://www.reddit.com/r/boston/comments/1cn9ga/is_missing_student_sunil_tripathi_marathon_bomber/ http://www.reddit.com/r/boston/comments/1cn9ga/is_missing_st... a day ago - well before his name was released over the police scanners.
    - pudquick 13y ago
      He beat the announcement by single digit hours (5-6), not a whole day. Still, an impressive guess.
    - GHFigs 13y ago
      Your link points to Reddit, which points to a Twitter user, but when that Twitter user is asked how he knows, he says it was on Reddit. I'm now completely convinced that story is total fucking bullshit.
      - analog 13y ago
        There are current reports that the suspects are Chechyan, not the missing guy. Way too early to know who they are, even for the police. http://globalgrind.com/news/411-sunil-tripathi-missing-brown-university-alleged-suspect-boston-marathon-bombings-photos http://globalgrind.com/news/411-sunil-tripathi-missing-brown...
adebelov 13y ago
pg, check out this one: https://twitter.com/AKitz https://twitter.com/AKitz friend of mine who had a first hand account of the standoff
- freehunter 13y ago
  The Boston police ask that your friend not tweet street addresses.
MichaelApproved 13y ago
Link doesn't work on iPad.
simondlr 13y ago
Great use of lists. News sites curate social media as it happens with their stories. It would be great if individuals on Twitter could do this. Curate tweets around a hashtag.
- dakrisht 13y ago
  Agreed 100% Never really used Twitter lists before but this one shows the true capability of having an aggregate list of important information on what is turning out to be chaos in the Watertown area.
dakrisht 13y ago
The Reddit/Twitter/Social Media aspect of this entire series of events is truly unprecedented. It's truly amazing to see how the Internet has enabled a constant, real-time stream of information from thousands of sources to be analyzed, commented on, shared, sent in to the FBI and other law enforcement agencies for leads, and etc. Truly something special and never before seen.
- prawn 13y ago
  I wonder how many people who absolutely detest the gap-filling vacuity of 24-hour news channels are glued to tweets and tabs following live comments, Twitter lists, police scanners and the like right now? I know I'm in that category.
  - dakrisht 13y ago
    Agreed 100%. I watched CNN for 15 minutes and they literally kept looping the same 15-second clip of police running down a street with guns drawn. On the other hand, you had a thriving community of Reddit/HN/Twitter users, live scanner and BPD radio feeds, you can stream CBS Boston (local station 10x better than CNN) and a variety of other real-time (accurate) information. This entire ordeal from Monday's incident to the community working together to pinpoint the suspects to today's manhunt at MIT will go down in history as a pivotal moment in the crowdsourced news movement.
    - prawn 13y ago
      What makes it so different? Is it the slow pace of 24-hour news? The repetition? That you have to endure talking heads who don't actually add value to the information presented?
      - furyg3 13y ago
        I think the repetition and the talking heads don't have to be a bad thing, it's just that the news outlets mix their presentation styles. Business/Sports have already been broken out into their own channels by most outlets, due to different viewer demographics, which is also nice because they have very different presentation styles. News outlets also need to figure out what they're doing on their main channel, or break it up further. * Are they delivering summaries of today's important events around the world like a nightly news program? If so most viewers will watch for one cycle, and you can deliver them a high quality, well produced report. * Are they focusing on a 'live' breaking news event? If so maybe they should just be silent and listen to the police scanners, with occasional narration. Every 15 mins you could give an update "this is what we know so far" for people just tuning in. * Are they doing the whole talking-head thing where experts/politicians are being interviewed and debates are happening? If so you could have 30-60 minutes per topic for today's news. IMHO, all of these are best suited with different presentation styles... news presenter vs narrator vs debate moderator. Unfortunately they're trying to do all three, which just doesn't work.
prawn 13y ago
Is it possible/likely that the marathon bombers were spotted planting bombs on campus at MIT and killed the cop that tried to stop them? If so, his effort and sacrifice may have saved many more casualties.
- Kequc 13y ago
  Do you have any reason to think this?
  - prawn 13y ago
    Edit: Have now read that the officer (presumably the original, now deceased) was responding to a 7-11 robbery or shot in his car when searching for the robbers.

47 points by pg 13y ago

This one has same + more members (mostly on-scene): https://twitter.com/meetmarshall10/boston-tweeps https://twitter.com/meetmarshall10/boston-tweeps

pmorici 13y ago
This link from that stream is interesting, http://news.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981864024 http://news.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=28147498... It is an article talking about a kid who went missing a month ago who is thought to be one of the suspects.
- toufka 13y ago
  actually posited on reddit, http://www.reddit.com/r/boston/comments/1cn9ga/is_missing_student_sunil_tripathi_marathon_bomber/ http://www.reddit.com/r/boston/comments/1cn9ga/is_missing_st... a day ago - well before his name was released over the police scanners.
  - pudquick 13y ago
    He beat the announcement by single digit hours (5-6), not a whole day. Still, an impressive guess.
  - GHFigs 13y ago
    Your link points to Reddit, which points to a Twitter user, but when that Twitter user is asked how he knows, he says it was on Reddit. I'm now completely convinced that story is total fucking bullshit.
    - analog 13y ago
      There are current reports that the suspects are Chechyan, not the missing guy. Way too early to know who they are, even for the police. http://globalgrind.com/news/411-sunil-tripathi-missing-brown-university-alleged-suspect-boston-marathon-bombings-photos http://globalgrind.com/news/411-sunil-tripathi-missing-brown...

adebelov 13y ago

pg, check out this one: https://twitter.com/AKitz https://twitter.com/AKitz friend of mine who had a first hand account of the standoff

freehunter 13y ago
The Boston police ask that your friend not tweet street addresses.

MichaelApproved 13y ago

Link doesn't work on iPad.

simondlr 13y ago

Great use of lists. News sites curate social media as it happens with their stories. It would be great if individuals on Twitter could do this. Curate tweets around a hashtag.

dakrisht 13y ago
Agreed 100% Never really used Twitter lists before but this one shows the true capability of having an aggregate list of important information on what is turning out to be chaos in the Watertown area.

dakrisht 13y ago

The Reddit/Twitter/Social Media aspect of this entire series of events is truly unprecedented. It's truly amazing to see how the Internet has enabled a constant, real-time stream of information from thousands of sources to be analyzed, commented on, shared, sent in to the FBI and other law enforcement agencies for leads, and etc. Truly something special and never before seen.

prawn 13y ago
I wonder how many people who absolutely detest the gap-filling vacuity of 24-hour news channels are glued to tweets and tabs following live comments, Twitter lists, police scanners and the like right now? I know I'm in that category.
- dakrisht 13y ago
  Agreed 100%. I watched CNN for 15 minutes and they literally kept looping the same 15-second clip of police running down a street with guns drawn. On the other hand, you had a thriving community of Reddit/HN/Twitter users, live scanner and BPD radio feeds, you can stream CBS Boston (local station 10x better than CNN) and a variety of other real-time (accurate) information. This entire ordeal from Monday's incident to the community working together to pinpoint the suspects to today's manhunt at MIT will go down in history as a pivotal moment in the crowdsourced news movement.
  - prawn 13y ago
    What makes it so different? Is it the slow pace of 24-hour news? The repetition? That you have to endure talking heads who don't actually add value to the information presented?
    - furyg3 13y ago
      I think the repetition and the talking heads don't have to be a bad thing, it's just that the news outlets mix their presentation styles. Business/Sports have already been broken out into their own channels by most outlets, due to different viewer demographics, which is also nice because they have very different presentation styles. News outlets also need to figure out what they're doing on their main channel, or break it up further. * Are they delivering summaries of today's important events around the world like a nightly news program? If so most viewers will watch for one cycle, and you can deliver them a high quality, well produced report. * Are they focusing on a 'live' breaking news event? If so maybe they should just be silent and listen to the police scanners, with occasional narration. Every 15 mins you could give an update "this is what we know so far" for people just tuning in. * Are they doing the whole talking-head thing where experts/politicians are being interviewed and debates are happening? If so you could have 30-60 minutes per topic for today's news. IMHO, all of these are best suited with different presentation styles... news presenter vs narrator vs debate moderator. Unfortunately they're trying to do all three, which just doesn't work.

prawn 13y ago

Is it possible/likely that the marathon bombers were spotted planting bombs on campus at MIT and killed the cop that tried to stop them? If so, his effort and sacrifice may have saved many more casualties.

Kequc 13y ago
Do you have any reason to think this?
- prawn 13y ago
  Edit: Have now read that the officer (presumably the original, now deceased) was responding to a 7-11 robbery or shot in his car when searching for the robbers.