How “Twitter” reacted to Mumba

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Nov 28 2008

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Kevin Bussey

Posted at 9:20 pm under facebook, internet, networking, theology, tmi, twitter

[CNN]

The minute news broke of the terrorist attacks on Mumbai, India, social media sites like Twitter were inundated with a huge volume of messages. With more than 6 million members worldwide, an estimated 80 messages, or “tweets,” were being sent to Twitter.com via SMS every five seconds, providing eyewitness accounts and updates.

Many Twitter users also sent pleas for blood donors to make their way to specific hospitals in Mumbai where doctors were faced with low stocks and rising casualties.

Others sent information about helplines and contact numbers for those who had friends and relatives caught up in the attacks. Tweeters were also mobilized to help with transcribing a list of the dead and injured from hospitals, which were quickly posted online. As Twitter user “naomieve” wrote: “Mumbai is not a city under attack as much as it is a social media experiment in action.”

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[From me]

I’ve been using Twitter for almost 2 years. You can follow people on Twitter and see what they are doing. I’ve been prompted to pray for people and they have prayed for me. My Twitter updates go directly to my Facebook status update. Some may say it is TMI (Too much information) but in this new era, I like it. I have met some really cool people via Twitter, blogs and Facebook that I have got to hang out with at conferences. It is a new way of networking. Times are changing and you either jump on board or get left behind. If you want to follow me on Twitter you can do so here. You can add me on Facebook here.