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Know what's cool? What an integral part social media had in all this. Without FB and Twitter, it's most impossible any of it could have been organized -- nm

Posted by Hotkiss (aka hotkiss7348) Jan 14 '11, 11:54

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Tunisia protests: Cyber war mirrors unrest on streets -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Jan 14, 12:08
Needs more Winklevii -- nm - Qale Jan 14, 12:00
Nothing's really happened yet though. Other spontaneous revolutions like in the Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan etc did result in a change of government - Roger More Jan 14, 11:57 7
- i would count the president stepping down as something....nm - x Jan 14, 11:59 1
  - left an LIR for you below. -- nm - loosilu Jan 14, 12:00
- the president fleeing the country counts, I think. -- nm - loosilu Jan 14, 11:59 4
  - I suppose what I am saying is that social media can make a brief flurry of activity happen, but it's not going to result in any sustained change in - Roger More Jan 14, 12:07 3
    - I often wonder how much of the population of places is on Twitter and FB. - Amy Jan 14, 12:15
    - not sure how you can say that. it's an organization/communication tool. the success or failure of the revolution - loosilu Jan 14, 12:08 1
      - Are people going to remain mobilised? Or will they think "Man, that was cathartic! job's over"? -- nm - Roger More Jan 14, 12:15
yep. SMS is huge on the AFrican continent now. -- nm - loosilu Jan 14, 11:55
all because some nerds at harvard wanted to get laid -- nm - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 14, 11:55 1
- The desire for sex drives, oh, everything. -- nm - TWuG Jan 14, 11:57
Flash revolt! -- nm - TFox Jan 14, 11:55

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