[Reader-list] Reply to Vijay Prashad's thoughts on facebook/twitter

[Venugopalan K M]

This seems to be the most plausible viewpoint on the relevance of
social networking ;
looking forward to see unlimited expansion of this space to add weight
to the critical mass, and to shape this as a tremendous vehicle
carrying the ideas of peace and justice; as a formidable challenge to
the unjust order, created by the convergence of informed  opinions
everywhere.
Regards,


On 7/2/09, Naeem Mohaiemen <naeem.mohaiemen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Vijay Prashad wrote in this op-ed "Made for Revolution: Iran and Us"
>
> http://www.counterpunch.org/prashad07012009.html
>
> I agree with most of the op-ed, except this sentence-->
> "Our Facebook updates and Twitter squeals do not contribute to their
> debate."
>
> My response to this specific sentence, which I also sent to Vijay-->
>
> I disagree that Iranian twitterers, inside Iran and in the diaspora,
> don't have an impact on the crisis. To suggest otherwise would be to
> denigrate the achievement of twitterers like PersianKiwi, who sent
> updates for two weeks, until being allegedly arrested by security
> forces.
>
> Yes, there's tremendous amount of chaff on Twitter, but there's also
> precious data.
>
> I stand by my original op-ed from June 17
>
> "The Revolution Will Bypass Your Filters"
> http://unheardvoice.net/blog/2009/06/17/iran-filters/
>
> This crisis has been different precisely because of the critical mass
> interlinking of social media. News, photos and video has leaked out in
> such large volume precisely because of the existence of Twitter,
> Twitpic, Youtube, Twazzup, Facebook, etc.
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