News organizations we trust? I'd say most of us will subscribe to a list that seems to have a relevant stream before our eyes. He who creates a list first that many subscribe to, wields power (the power to throw anyone off the list). "News organizations" are in a race with the rest of us to create relevant lists that people subscribe to.
Are you fucking kidding me? 12 lives were slain and you are blogging about fucking twitter lists? Are you fucking stupid? You should lose your job for this.
Scott A.
· 1 month ago
I disagree. Mashable, in case you haven't noticed is a website whose news revolves around social media. They have little reason to spend time writing articles about national news. If you want to read in depth articles about the shooting and mourn then go to a national news site like Fox or CNN. The shooting was only brought up in Mashable to show how the media is using Twitter's new feature to create lists as it pertains to social media.
Haumea
· 1 month ago
It's ok. Blogging about social networking is a perfectly acceptable way to channel one's sociopathic, unempathetic tendencies.
Robert Quigley
· 1 month ago
You left off the Austin American-Statesman's Twitter effort. We started http://twitter.com/fthoodshootings within minutes of the shooting and quickly gained a big following with a mix of local reporting, retweets and AP stories. It was shut down briefly by Twitter for "suspicious activity" for some reason, but has returned. Thanks
ckanal
· 1 month ago
Yeah, Robert's hard work and the Statesman's coverage should definitely be included here. They probably provided the best on-the-fly Twitter coverage of any media organization of this terrible tragedy, and nice idea to set up a separate Twitter account for this.
Based on their efforts, it's no surprise that they're on 73 lists, including those you mention above.
Adam Ostrow
· 1 month ago
I did see the coverage - at the time of my post, it was in "suspended" status so I left it off (the article is also about lists specifically) and then had to drive from Virginia to New York ... in any event, updated now.
Robert Quigley
· 1 month ago
Thanks Adam - really do appreciate you including us now, and didn't mean to jump on you. It was a busy time last night when I saw that. Cheers, Rob
Jen Lepp
· 1 month ago
The coverage of all of the majors you listed in paled in comparison to the Austin American Statesman, use of lists or no use of lists. They had a twitter feed at @FtHoodShootings incredibly fast and have been feeding a steady stream of information to the thousands that quickly signed up
ckanal
· 1 month ago
I wouldn't say the others paled in comparison. They all included the Statesman coverage. Just a different way of covering the event through other accounts as well.
That being said, from a strictly journalism standpoint, props to the Statesman for being quick and first at the scene. They win on that front. The others win for recognizing that coverage and complementing it with others as well.
Jen Lepp
· 1 month ago
For me, the whole concept of social media news, especially on Twitter, is getting news fast, faster than "mainstream" can get it. @FtHoodShootings was up so fast that one of my followers, who was in Georgia, Twittered about it before I even knew, and I follow @statesman (they're my local newspaper). That's awfully quick.
Statesman seemed to organize and formulate a plan to get info out much faster than the others - while Statesman was a page into tweets on the shootings, Huffington Post didn't even have the shooting as their top story when I went there, though it was admittedly the second story (under the story about what the baillout banks did with our baillout money).
As a cohesive push and for "on-the-ballness", I think the Statesmen had the prize.
Greg
· 1 month ago
Franklin Delano Roosevelt had the right idea in World War II.
To paraphrase with the help of Carly Simon.
"Take all the Muslims, put them in a Islamic Museum. Charge the people a buck and a half to see them."
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it is an insightful article but my opinion is that the shooting was only brought up in Mashable to show how the media is using Twitter's new feature to create lists thanks for sharing all the same
Steve
· 1 month ago
The Huffington Post page with three twitter feed groups is really well done.
Especially like that it updates - similar to twitter search result pages - to indicate the # of new tweets in that group that've been posted since the page was last refreshed or loaded, with an icon to 'refresh' that particular list to see those new tweets.
Anyone know if that's an in-house twitter app or something available for free or to buy? I've used widgetbox for twitter, but it doesn't seem to refresh or update with new tweets on its own - you have to manually refresh the page its embedded on, afaik.
greg martin
· 1 month ago
At the end of the day, when a topic is trending for whatever reason, people usually want to get information about the trend, why this is important, and what is the sentiment around this trending topic...all in one place, from multiple sources. In yesterdays example of "Fort Hood", I found TipTop Search results http://feeltiptop.com/fort+hood able to address all these questions by displaying top tweets and peeps in the constantly updating results.
I think this is a display of incredible integrity. Your job as a blogger for mashable is to keep people updated on the latest in social media. This first event (although it was morbid and devastating) was the first opportunity for the news lists to twit updates. And it worked! So our brother Adam Ostrow is updating us on the fact that News companies are using the news lists provided by Twitter. You know what Adam you cant please em' all so if anyone criticizes you well then they are the one with the problem not you. There are as many opinions in the world as their are A55H0LE5... Thank you sir for this blog! <3 From your bikini clad hot hunny blogger girl at http://www.bikinideals.com
Hey Adam any chance I can get a private interview with you so I can post a write up about you and your work on my own blog at bikinideals.com? That would be killer!
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Based on their efforts, it's no surprise that they're on 73 lists, including those you mention above.
That being said, from a strictly journalism standpoint, props to the Statesman for being quick and first at the scene. They win on that front. The others win for recognizing that coverage and complementing it with others as well.
Statesman seemed to organize and formulate a plan to get info out much faster than the others - while Statesman was a page into tweets on the shootings, Huffington Post didn't even have the shooting as their top story when I went there, though it was admittedly the second story (under the story about what the baillout banks did with our baillout money).
As a cohesive push and for "on-the-ballness", I think the Statesmen had the prize.
To paraphrase with the help of Carly Simon.
"Take all the Muslims, put them in a Islamic Museum. Charge the people a buck and a half to see them."
Not only will this cure America of terrorism but could generate enough cash to pay for universal health care.
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but my opinion is that the shooting was only brought up in Mashable to show how the media is using Twitter's new feature to create lists
thanks for sharing all the same
Especially like that it updates - similar to twitter search result pages - to indicate the # of new tweets in that group that've been posted since the page was last refreshed or loaded, with an icon to 'refresh' that particular list to see those new tweets.
Anyone know if that's an in-house twitter app or something available for free or to buy?
I've used widgetbox for twitter, but it doesn't seem to refresh or update with new tweets on its own - you have to manually refresh the page its embedded on, afaik.
http://revtwt.com/index.php?id=54422
Hey Adam any chance I can get a private interview with you so I can post a write up about you and your work on my own blog at bikinideals.com? That would be killer!