Comments on: Twitter as a Tool for Social Change http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/10/21/twitter-as-a-tool-for-social-change/ News, opinion, and fresh thinking for web developers and designers. The official podcast of sitepoint.com. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:35:20 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: John Lee http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/10/21/twitter-as-a-tool-for-social-change/comment-page-1/#comment-854572 John Lee Fri, 26 Dec 2008 10:54:57 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=3109#comment-854572 Twitter is definitely another Internet social media phenomenon! It is exciting to see how companies are leveraging its power in many different ways. Here's another blog post I recently came across on Twitter and business: http://www.interspire.com/content/blogs/436/Twitter-for-Business-Still-Asks-What-Are-You-Doing-Now.html Twitter is definitely another Internet social media phenomenon! It is exciting to see how companies are leveraging its power in many different ways. Here’s another blog post I recently came across on Twitter and business: http://www.interspire.com/content/blogs/436/Twitter-for-Business-Still-Asks-What-Are-You-Doing-Now.html

]]> By: cybergrace http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/10/21/twitter-as-a-tool-for-social-change/comment-page-1/#comment-818562 cybergrace Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:40:00 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=3109#comment-818562 I work with low-literacy communities in NYC and this is very practical. Not at all an ad. Great for community-based folks, thank you, Josh! I work with low-literacy communities in NYC and this is very practical. Not at all an ad. Great for community-based folks, thank you, Josh!

]]> By: Josh Catone http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/10/21/twitter-as-a-tool-for-social-change/comment-page-1/#comment-813384 Josh Catone Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:58:40 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=3109#comment-813384 @Priscilla: Thanks for the comment! I don't actually agree with your assertion, though. What techPresident is doing, and what Patrick Ruffini did could work anywhere, regardless of the current installed user base. Twitter can be used as an organizational tool and you can build the use from the ground up in your organization. :) @Priscilla: Thanks for the comment! I don’t actually agree with your assertion, though. What techPresident is doing, and what Patrick Ruffini did could work anywhere, regardless of the current installed user base. Twitter can be used as an organizational tool and you can build the use from the ground up in your organization. :)

]]> By: Priscilla http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/10/21/twitter-as-a-tool-for-social-change/comment-page-1/#comment-813369 Priscilla Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:32:55 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=3109#comment-813369 What you say about Twitter is only true if your constituents are based in the global north, and particularly in North America. This is because there are enough people using Twitter in North America to warrant the amount of effort a "social change agent" needs to put in to build a community of supporters and activists. In most other countries, Twitter isn't yet a useful activist tool because there isn't a critical mass of users, or for that matter a diverse range of users. Priscilla http://www.solidariti.com What you say about Twitter is only true if your constituents are based in the global north, and particularly in North America. This is because there are enough people using Twitter in North America to warrant the amount of effort a “social change agent” needs to put in to build a community of supporters and activists.

In most other countries, Twitter isn’t yet a useful activist tool because there isn’t a critical mass of users, or for that matter a diverse range of users.

Priscilla
http://www.solidariti.com

]]> By: Josh Catone http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/10/21/twitter-as-a-tool-for-social-change/comment-page-1/#comment-813257 Josh Catone Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:09:39 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=3109#comment-813257 Advertising? I'm not sure what you mean. Twitter is not an advertiser at SitePoint (as far as I know, Twitter has never spent any money on advertising anywhere). Advertising? I’m not sure what you mean. Twitter is not an advertiser at SitePoint (as far as I know, Twitter has never spent any money on advertising anywhere).

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/10/21/twitter-as-a-tool-for-social-change/comment-page-1/#comment-813201 Anonymous Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:37:22 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=3109#comment-813201 What is with the Sitepoint and Twitter? Cut the advertising crap and write something useful. What is with the Sitepoint and Twitter?
Cut the advertising crap and write something useful.

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