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    May152009

    The problem with twitter

    DateFriday, May 15, 2009 at 2:59PM

    Tweetmeme is a very popular new service that tracks what is most popular on Twitter.  Today the number one story on tweetmeme (seen below) is about gay marriage in California.  
    The story was covered by the LA Times LAST YEAR (2008) and is shown below.  As you can see in the red highlighted section, the article is clearly from last year.  This event demonstrates how quickly people can be infected by viral news.  Its my guess that we will see more and more irrational stories explode as irrational people adopt Twitter.  

    The problem with Twitter as a news source and real time search: no moderation.  Further proof that professional journalism is one of the most important topics to take a hit by the economy and must be supported.



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