There a point at which the insatiable desire for “information” about each other just becomes another form of gossip.
A post by Chris Crum at WebProNews called “Hudson Plane Crash & Obama Show Social Media Legitimacy” suggests that the fact that many people first heard about the recent plane crash (in NYC) from Twitter illustrates that social media can be a “legitimate venue for good information.”
Yea, I suppose. And why do I need to know about things like this 30 seconds after they happen? Isn’t it possible that turning everything into a “tweet” just brings it all down to the level of “I’m going to the mall now”, “I’m driving my car now”, “I’m watching a movie now”, “I’m watching a plane crash right now.”
Beckett Gilchrist 4:44 pm on January 19, 2009 Permalink
I actually get much of my instant news from Twitter. What an interesting phenomenon.
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