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"I think we all agree that Twitter plays an important role in society today" Uh, how does Twitter play an important role in society?

• jmathai 13y ago
  Subjective, I guess. But many movements in countries with oppressive regimes use Twitter heavily to spread information.
  • tjoff 13y ago
    That's very nice, but also very localized. In most other countries I'd value Twitter's contribution to society about as much as McDonalds commercials...
    • jmathai 13y ago
      The Oscar Grant shooting by police in a BART station in Oakland, CA is another of many examples. I don't think it's localized at all. I'm not saying this makes up a majority of tweets. Most tweets are pretty meaningless, IMO.