Not quite sure how this is social media news, despite the nugget about how news is spreading fast.. this is stuff best kept for digg.
People Search
· 4 weeks ago
And don't forget this is old news as far as the social web goes. The old media have already run this one. =)
tweetamar
· 4 weeks ago
It's social media because it's a viral video if nothing else.
Danjalier
· 3 weeks ago
This video certainly has much to do with social media news, starting with the fact that it was surveillance camera footage which was picked up by the news media which then was recorded and uploaded to websites which are social in nature. But that's just speaking in technicalities. A video going viral is a combination of being shared and being media. Oh wait, that's technically social media also..
I'm actually not quite sure why this isn't social media news. Perhaps these kinds of stories should be prefaced with [viral media] in their titles, as they are in fact social media in action either before or after it is posted in Mashable. Then if a reader wishes he or she can simply skip reading the story altogether upon seeing the title. When I read a newspaper there certainly are sections I don't ever read. Apply the habit here.
advocatus
· 4 weeks ago
Interesting... but, irrelevant.
JGriffin
· 4 weeks ago
Seriously, Mashable, write about Social Media. Do your job.
Jennifer Van Grove
· 4 weeks ago
We do... all the time... but thanks for taking the time to comment.
JGriffin
· 4 weeks ago
I didn't mean that as snarkily as it came out. I know you guys do a bang up job writing about social media, which is why articles like this seem like "cop outs." Nonetheless, keep up the articles that have great insight into the social media space. I appreciate those.
Giannii
· 4 weeks ago
Hot dang..
Flanjygo
· 4 weeks ago
Don't do drugs.
Bill
· 4 weeks ago
I didn't really get how balloon boy was relevant to Mashable either, but somehow it became their big story for the day and days. I still don't really get it. But whatever.
I agree on this one too. I'm starting to think Mashable should expand its tagline or whatever to something like "talking about what people are talking about." Cause they really are covering the topics of the story and spreading the story itself, rather than just discussing anything social media.
tweetamar
· 4 weeks ago
Oh my freaking G-d. That's a really intense video! That lady is so lucky.
Quite bad timing there Jen, since Germany's soccer national goalie just committed suicide that way.
May he rest in peace!
R.I.P Robert Enke
Jennifer Van Grove
· 4 weeks ago
terrible news indeed, but the events are mutually exclusive
jw
· 4 weeks ago
God loves a drunk!
msfreeman
· 4 weeks ago
OMG! Oh well at least she wasn't DUI I suppose LMFAO! :)
Will Kievit
· 3 weeks ago
So she fell .. that stinks .. stupid drunk...
what i was really interested in: see those red squares in the video that follow people's faces and body parts? if i am not mistaken that is similar technology to what London's CCTV system uses to identify suspicious/dangerous activity and flag a video feed. wondering if this technology could have warned the operator of someone on the tracks automatically. anyone know?
Sober Steve
· 3 weeks ago
No wonder why some religions prohibit alcohol consumption. Drinking will get you or someone else in deep $h!* one day.
Scott Schwartz
· 3 weeks ago
This is totally sweet. I welcome change. Don't care that it's a video and not an long article on social media. Sometimes we just want to be entertained. F Digg. Mashable win.
jeu
· 3 weeks ago
No, that's just Boston for you. That's how people have to dress to be proper in Boston. It's like a totally different world out there. I've lived all over the country but no wear is as uptight about judging people's status by their dress than Boston. Most likely she was coming from somewhere.
VinceGolangco
· 3 weeks ago
This was "Social Media" news because it was the social media community that interacted with the Drunk 2.0 and thus allowing the oncoming traffic to pause right before it was about to reformat her entire hard drive....
Yeah, I have no clue what I'm talking about.... but WHOA!!! That was close!!!
paul_pr
· 3 weeks ago
The woman still lucky fall onto Boston subway train, if she fall in my country subway train, she became terrible meat. http://asiapacificforyou.blogspot.com/
Sheila
· 3 weeks ago
I just saw the video on the news, that was pretty intense I must say. This lady is just one helluva a lucky one. Please don't drink if you can't bear with it. It's your safety that is at stake.
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I'm actually not quite sure why this isn't social media news. Perhaps these kinds of stories should be prefaced with [viral media] in their titles, as they are in fact social media in action either before or after it is posted in Mashable. Then if a reader wishes he or she can simply skip reading the story altogether upon seeing the title. When I read a newspaper there certainly are sections I don't ever read. Apply the habit here.
I agree on this one too. I'm starting to think Mashable should expand its tagline or whatever to something like "talking about what people are talking about." Cause they really are covering the topics of the story and spreading the story itself, rather than just discussing anything social media.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZQsA7G0hvQ
May he rest in peace!
R.I.P Robert Enke
what i was really interested in:
see those red squares in the video that follow people's faces and body parts?
if i am not mistaken that is similar technology to what London's CCTV system uses to identify suspicious/dangerous activity and flag a video feed. wondering if this technology could have warned the operator of someone on the tracks automatically. anyone know?
Yeah, I have no clue what I'm talking about.... but WHOA!!! That was close!!!
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