while I am not all up on the lawery case stuffs, I can sympathize with what it feels like to get super-involved in something, to throw your whole being into it, and then have it end. you get so caught up in whatever it is, and then it's done, and there's nothing left (in this case, nothing left but waiting for a win/lose). it does let you down.
I agree that FB and twitter are just people spouting whatever is crossing their minds at the time into the internet. that's why 'm keeping up my lj, which 've had for ...8 or 9 years now. even if no one pokes their head in to read it, it's still fun for me to keep updating, and my favorite part is going back to see what I thought years ago about things then vs. now.
I do think FB and twitter have their places though - especially after this last week working in a joint information center during a mock emergency out in oregon/washington. folks in the JIC were able to send out information about the mock emergency to the public (well, the simulated public) quickly and get immediate feedback from people who were concerned about what was happening at the depot (a mock horrible accident involving ton containers of chemical agent and a fire and... yeah). I think as a tool in emergencies, twitter and FB have high potential to help emergency managers respond to and gather information beyond their current methods.
but most of the time, these tools are used for mundane, inane purposes.
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Date: 2010-05-26 02:02 am (UTC)I agree that FB and twitter are just people spouting whatever is crossing their minds at the time into the internet. that's why 'm keeping up my lj, which 've had for ...8 or 9 years now. even if no one pokes their head in to read it, it's still fun for me to keep updating, and my favorite part is going back to see what I thought years ago about things then vs. now.
I do think FB and twitter have their places though - especially after this last week working in a joint information center during a mock emergency out in oregon/washington. folks in the JIC were able to send out information about the mock emergency to the public (well, the simulated public) quickly and get immediate feedback from people who were concerned about what was happening at the depot (a mock horrible accident involving ton containers of chemical agent and a fire and... yeah). I think as a tool in emergencies, twitter and FB have high potential to help emergency managers respond to and gather information beyond their current methods.
but most of the time, these tools are used for mundane, inane purposes.