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In response to "I think the the social media aspect of it is exaggerated. " by Mel Profit

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.

Posted by David (aka David) Feb 11 '11, 12:05

An online protest is easier to maintain and likely to have stronger support than a regular one. I'm not saying this would have directly led to another Tiananmen Square, but I also don't completely dismiss the possibility since this dude has gotten paranoid and out of touch in his old age.

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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

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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.

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