Comments on: What’s really happening in Iran? And Twitter is involved? http://theoffbeatreport.com/2009/06/whats-really-happening-in-iran-and-twitter-is-involved/ all the essentials. Fri, 11 May 2012 19:28:11 +0000 hourly 1 By: MrMadman http://theoffbeatreport.com/2009/06/whats-really-happening-in-iran-and-twitter-is-involved/comment-page-1/#comment-154 MrMadman Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:39:58 +0000 http://theoffbeatreport.com/?p=288#comment-154 You're not crazy! Well, not for being impressed by Twitter's role in Iran unrest. It is pretty amazing for Twitter to be not just reporting big news (as in Mumbai, etc.) but in this case to be part of the event. Somehow when the Iranian gov't shut down phones and ordinary internet, and everything else they could think of, Twitter kept running, allowing the organizers and demonstrators to communicate and plan and spread word in and out of Iran. I think a technical artifact of some sort. Iran has a large population of intense, dedicated, prolific, articulate bloggers, some quite radical. Occasionally they get arrested. Statistics from the last election make it pretty clear the thing was fudged. And while I agree Americans are provincial/isolated, um, I think most of us had heard about the kerfuffle some time before. (I know, you've been busy!) You’re not crazy! Well, not for being impressed by Twitter’s role in Iran unrest. It is pretty amazing for Twitter to be not just reporting big news (as in Mumbai, etc.) but in this case to be part of the event. Somehow when the Iranian gov’t shut down phones and ordinary internet, and everything else they could think of, Twitter kept running, allowing the organizers and demonstrators to communicate and plan and spread word in and out of Iran. I think a technical artifact of some sort.

Iran has a large population of intense, dedicated, prolific, articulate bloggers, some quite radical. Occasionally they get arrested. Statistics from the last election make it pretty clear the thing was fudged. And while I agree Americans are provincial/isolated, um, I think most of us had heard about the kerfuffle some time before. (I know, you’ve been busy!)

]]> By: How I Make $300 a Day Online http://theoffbeatreport.com/2009/06/whats-really-happening-in-iran-and-twitter-is-involved/comment-page-1/#comment-85 How I Make $300 a Day Online Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:42:50 +0000 http://theoffbeatreport.com/?p=288#comment-85 Hey, great post, really well written. You should post more about this. Hey, great post, really well written. You should post more about this.

]]> By: KirAsh4@Twitter http://theoffbeatreport.com/2009/06/whats-really-happening-in-iran-and-twitter-is-involved/comment-page-1/#comment-82 KirAsh4@Twitter Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:05:37 +0000 http://theoffbeatreport.com/?p=288#comment-82 I think it was a wise decision on Twitter's part to reschedule. Unfortunately other services didn't fare too well, FriendFeed being one of those that got blocked by the Iranian government. Those folks getting to those services are having to use anonymous proxies to get there. In a way I'm surprised that Twitter didn't get blocked also, but I'm not about to try and understand their decisions. I think it was a wise decision on Twitter’s part to reschedule. Unfortunately other services didn’t fare too well, FriendFeed being one of those that got blocked by the Iranian government. Those folks getting to those services are having to use anonymous proxies to get there. In a way I’m surprised that Twitter didn’t get blocked also, but I’m not about to try and understand their decisions.

]]> By: Robin Shen http://theoffbeatreport.com/2009/06/whats-really-happening-in-iran-and-twitter-is-involved/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Robin Shen Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:48:30 +0000 http://theoffbeatreport.com/?p=288#comment-81 Very nice summary, I wasn't really following it all but I feel informed, and more importantly, I am now actively seeking more news about Iran. Very nice summary, I wasn’t really following it all but I feel informed, and more importantly, I am now actively seeking more news about Iran.

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