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A really interesting look at what the 9/11 attacks may have looked like to us in a social media world. Really takes me back to when TT went down... -- (link)

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Sep 14 '09, 07:30

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http://blogs.laweekly.com/style_council/tech/what-would-9-11-be-like-in-the/ (blogs.laweekly.com)

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TT was (until it's remake last year) a "social networking site" especial tme misc board -- nm - Danedukenuuk Sep 14, 07:57 2
- so were BBS's and Usenet. -- nm - loosilu Sep 14, 07:58 1
  - usenet was a slow thing BBS was way more "networking" - Danedukenuuk Sep 14, 08:22
we had the "earliest versions" of social media in 2001? not hardly. We lost our phone service and TV in Brooklyn and totally relied on the internet. -- nm - loosilu Sep 14, 07:31 13
- Also, considering that MJ's death crashed Twitter, I'm pretty sure it and FB and CNN, etc, would be overwhelmed within 30 minutes. -- nm - loosilu Sep 14, 07:32 12
  - The news websites figured it out after a while, by putting up minmal, emergency-version website. - ty97 Sep 14, 07:46 4
    - I'd forgotten about that. -- nm - loosilu Sep 14, 07:52
    - The FCC makes TV and radio be ready in case of emergency. No such requirement for internet. - con_carne Sep 14, 07:51
    - In fact, 9/11 is probably where they first figured that out. CNN crashed hard until they put up the minimal site. -- nm - Ender Sep 14, 07:49 1
      - yep, I agree. I figure they have much better plans now. - ty97 Sep 14, 07:51
  - CNN.com was crushed on 9/11 in 2001. Someone on TT posted a cached copy of CNN.com because no one could get to it. -- nm - Inigo Sep 14, 07:35 3
    - i couldnt get any info online, i got all my info from tt (while it was up) and the *radio* -- nm - Andie Sep 14, 07:48 1
      - I had a walkman with radio when the blackout hit. when I told the top VP about NY and other cities being down she closed the office -- nm - zork Sep 14, 07:55
    - Baltimore Sun was the only thing I could reach. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 14, 07:35
  - it took at least an hour and a half to get CNN.com to load that morning -- nm - zork Sep 14, 07:34 2
    - I'm thinking that whatever network carries SMS would crash as well. -- nm - loosilu Sep 14, 07:36
    - I was working at Motorola at the time and they re-broadcast CNN onto the internal network like they did for speeches from the CEO - oblique Sep 14, 07:35

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