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This is the sort of thing that is impossible to say without being privy to the inner workings.

Posted by David (aka David) Feb 11 '11, 11:54

Based on what I'm seeing and reading, I don't think any country has done particularly well with it. I don't find that surprising, though. This is the first major social media era revolution.

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I think the the social media aspect of it is exaggerated. - Mel Profit Feb 11, 12:01 7
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- It's effect is exaggerated internally, but given the era, external monitoring and communication shines more sunlight on the situation than say - revolutions of 50 years ago. Feb 11, 12:06 1
  - I think maybe it's perhaps easier to start a revolution but the question is, given the fragility of the Internet apparently... - Mel Profit Feb 11, 12:12
- I'm not claiming to be an expert here, but I had understand Wael Ghonim's FB page to be the anchor to the insurrection. - David Feb 11, 12:05 2
  - I'm no expert either obviously. I just don't see that FB was anything other than the means they used to organize. - Mel Profit Feb 11, 12:08 1
    - The difference to my mind is that you can get accomplished in 10 minutes on the net what would take a thousand man hours of phone calls. - David Feb 11, 12:10
- The swiftness and size of the demonstrations makes me think social media was absolutely essential to their success -- nm - con_carne Feb 11, 12:04
This. There was no winning response available. Support Hosni full-throatedly and you lose the Egyptian street. Throw him under the bus and he retains - TWuG Feb 11, 11:59 6
- And either forceful stance comes across as meddling, and without invading we can't exactly type up the successor regime for them. -- nm - Max Feb 11, 12:01
- except it was clear even a week ago that he was not going to survive this, politically - cupixie Feb 11, 12:01 4
  - It's clear *now*, it most assuredly was *not* clear a week ago. The military was still a wild card. - TWuG Feb 11, 12:04 3
    - disagree completely. It was clear a week ago. -- nm - loosilu Feb 11, 12:11 2
      - It was "likely" a week ago. There was nothing certain about it. Just because you said he was done a week ago doesn't make it so. - TWuG Feb 11, 12:13 1
        
        it wasn't exactly just me. -- nm - loosilu Feb 11, 12:14
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- He's a pragmatist with natural diplomatic skills, so that wouldn't surprise me, but if he has been heavily involved... - David Feb 11, 12:00 1
  - as one must in this kind of situation. - znufrii Feb 11, 12:01
- You answered my question above. I think it's hard enough to even know what we would have wanted out of the situation to be able to grade it against. -- nm - Max Feb 11, 11:58 1
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