Having talked a bit about my reasons for discomfort with the way we in the West have been following "Twitter revolutions", I wanted to give a few ideas about how to use Twitter to engage usefully with struggles in other parts of the world. I've been thinking about this primarily in regards to the Egyptian … Continue reading How to be useful: Twitter activist edition
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Connecting to the Twitter Revolution
Right now my Twitter stream is full of tweets about the protests in Egypt, mostly retweeted information. It's easy to get caught up in it. As I type this, protesters and journalists are being beaten up, shot at. Twitter is full of personal stories: video of arrests, messages from increasingly-worried protesters, notes about the international … Continue reading Connecting to the Twitter Revolution