Comments on: Quote Of The Day – The Social Revolution http://donklephant.com/2009/06/22/quote-of-the-day-the-social-revolution/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:03:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tully http://donklephant.com/2009/06/22/quote-of-the-day-the-social-revolution/comment-page-1/#comment-490544 Tully Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:26:09 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=15299#comment-490544 The revolution will suffer from a low signal-to-noise ratio. The revolution will suffer from a low signal-to-noise ratio.

]]> By: kranky kritter http://donklephant.com/2009/06/22/quote-of-the-day-the-social-revolution/comment-page-1/#comment-490440 kranky kritter Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:18:10 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=15299#comment-490440 Some guy on NPR this weekend made the point that a VERY high portion of the Twitter volume on Iran was retweeting by folks outside Iran, trying to find out what was going on. In other words, more chitter-chatter and sharing than actual reporting. I don't disagree with the idea that social networking tools are playing an interesting role in these and other instances. But they are just tools, and the enemies of progress can abuse them just as quickly as the earnest adopt them. The revolution will be twittered? The revolution will be oversold and overrated. Some guy on NPR this weekend made the point that a VERY high portion of the Twitter volume on Iran was retweeting by folks outside Iran, trying to find out what was going on. In other words, more chitter-chatter and sharing than actual reporting.

I don’t disagree with the idea that social networking tools are playing an interesting role in these and other instances. But they are just tools, and the enemies of progress can abuse them just as quickly as the earnest adopt them.

The revolution will be twittered? The revolution will be oversold and overrated.

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