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>>Im not even sure I'd call Facebook or Twitter important. Imagine Twitter or Facebook being down during Egyptian revolutions.
by kamaal 13y ago
>>Im not even sure I'd call Facebook or Twitter important.
Imagine Twitter or Facebook being down during Egyptian revolutions.
- mattmanser 13y agoThey'd have just gone to Facebook or Twitter instead. If you see what I mean. Up-time for those type of sites is probably important for retention. But not for significant world events. But then again, Twitter kinda proved that even for retention that's not very important given how flaky that used to be.
- mkr-hn 13y agoIRC was the go-to before social networking. It's where I got up to the minute updates as the events of 9/11 unfolded, despite being 800+ miles away. That's also when I realized TV news is obsolete.