Comments on: The power of tweet http://listics.com/200907024873 “History may only rarely be written by the losers, but it is always written by the writers.” -- David Weinberger Fri, 29 Jul 2011 08:22:49 +0000 hourly 1 By: Frank Paynter http://listics.com/200907024873/comment-page-1#comment-64026 Frank Paynter Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:17:17 +0000 http://listics.com/?p=4873#comment-64026 I'm thinking it's a natural for <em>agitprop</em> (from both leftists and rightists). Use of the internet for agitation and propaganda: "Gadgetprop?" I’m thinking it’s a natural for agitprop (from both leftists and rightists). Use of the internet for agitation and propaganda: “Gadgetprop?”

]]> By: Doug Alder http://listics.com/200907024873/comment-page-1#comment-64025 Doug Alder Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:49:32 +0000 http://listics.com/?p=4873#comment-64025 <blockquote>To my knowledge, nobody has surfaced the very real and likely possibility that twitter, an intelligence service’s wet dream, was used in Iran for something nefarious.</blockquote> au contraire Frank- it was mentioned in numerous tweets that the Iranian secret service were both monitoring the tweets and acting as agent provocateurs. No doubt the Iranian opposition in exile, and any other country with a stake in that election were doing the same. My take, and I should have written this some time ago, is that Twitter is a completely unreliable tool for political change as the source of any tweet can not be verified for veracity of content or reliability of source.

To my knowledge, nobody has surfaced the very real and likely possibility that twitter, an intelligence service’s wet dream, was used in Iran for something nefarious.

au contraire Frank- it was mentioned in numerous tweets that the Iranian secret service were both monitoring the tweets and acting as agent provocateurs. No doubt the Iranian opposition in exile, and any other country with a stake in that election were doing the same.

My take, and I should have written this some time ago, is that Twitter is a completely unreliable tool for political change as the source of any tweet can not be verified for veracity of content or reliability of source.

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