Comments on: The revolution will be tweeted http://dailytroll.com/2009/06/17/the-revolution-will-be-tweeted/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:21:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Terry http://dailytroll.com/2009/06/17/the-revolution-will-be-tweeted/comment-page-1/#comment-88428 Terry Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:38:48 +0000 http://dailytroll.com/?p=2714#comment-88428 The backlash is already happening. People are disappearing - there was talk today of an entire dormitory emptied, and militia patrols abducting people. GPS embedded in cell phones, which most Twitterers are using, is endangering users by allowing them to be located. It's going to get worse, I'm afraid. The backlash is already happening. People are disappearing – there was talk today of an entire dormitory emptied, and militia patrols abducting people. GPS embedded in cell phones, which most Twitterers are using, is endangering users by allowing them to be located. It’s going to get worse, I’m afraid.

]]> By: Ahistoricality http://dailytroll.com/2009/06/17/the-revolution-will-be-tweeted/comment-page-1/#comment-88426 Ahistoricality Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:45:11 +0000 http://dailytroll.com/?p=2714#comment-88426 It really is remarkable, but there are a lot of other forms of communication still working, too: phones (including land lines!), copy machines (seriously underappreciated for their role in breaking down Soviet thought control), personal communication. Twitter, though, is visible to the rest of the world, and much harder to filter quickly than blogs. Still, I'm actually concerned, a bit, about this: it leaves a record, one that's very difficult to erase, and if the regime regains control, there will be a vicious backlash against identifiable twitterers. It really is remarkable, but there are a lot of other forms of communication still working, too: phones (including land lines!), copy machines (seriously underappreciated for their role in breaking down Soviet thought control), personal communication.

Twitter, though, is visible to the rest of the world, and much harder to filter quickly than blogs. Still, I’m actually concerned, a bit, about this: it leaves a record, one that’s very difficult to erase, and if the regime regains control, there will be a vicious backlash against identifiable twitterers.

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