Just another example of the power of Twitter. Reminds me of the downed plane in the Hudson
ckanal
· 4 months ago
Exactly, same here. And these types of stories are happening more and more too if you look around. Same thing happened with the DC shooting the other day - first on Twitter. http://bit.ly/17oxec
ckanal
· 4 months ago
Great post, Pete! My site Breaking Tweets had two reports on this -- posted minutes after the incident and before even CNN broke the news.
Props to ping.fm as well. You know whoever posted that was able to get the update to other places like facebook and the rest of the latest & greatest social networks
charanjit
· 4 months ago
Its great the power that Twitter has to spread the news, but as I sat in Jakarta and watched all this on Twitter's real-time search, I noticed it had an amazing ability to spread rumors and occasional panic. You would have noticed Muara Angke trending in twitter along with Jakarta for quite a while which was caused by this pic - http://mypict.me/aUQd that fueled strong rumors of yet another explosion. Fortunately it turned out to be a pickup with engine trouble, but it goes to show how fast lies can spread in the face of panic and tragedy.
@charanjit
Kevin Sablan
· 4 months ago
I wonder if any kind of "flagging" system -- to let people know that information in a particular tweet is not verified -- would help. There are great sites, like @ckanal's Breaking Tweets, that help to verify and pull together relevant tweets, but there is nothing to alert people watching "raw" Twitter feed.
David Spinks
· 4 months ago
The way people receive and share news is changing. Information is coming directly from the source. The case studies just keep on coming. I don't see this changing any time soon.
@Davidspinks @Scribnia
leksa
· 4 months ago
Twitter is just a tool to share i think,.. live report etc.. often jumbled with some rumour and unconfirm message/ panic people..
The authority of the country still needed to give more detail and explanation about this sadness friday in Media..
tFeeder
· 4 months ago
Twitter will soon become the ultimate 'wag the dog' tool (not implying anything about the terrible event discussed in these story, of course..), or 'wag the bird'.
What I would like to know is what % of active Twitter users reads the message on Twitter at any given time after the incident vs. the % of active readers on, say, CNN.COM.
Those would be two interesting curves to compare.
Niels Peen
· 4 months ago
What I would like to know is what % of active Twitter users reads the message on Twitter at any given time after the incident vs. the % of active readers on, say, CNN.COM.
Those would be two interesting curves to compare.
@xyronaut
· 4 months ago
Apart of giving us real-time reports from the site, twitter can also be mistakenly used as to spread false-rumours. In this case about another explosion at Muara Angke, which doesnt have anything to do with the first 2 explosions other than a beat-up minitruck got overheated. Fortunately no one got hurt on that false alarm.
I was actually nearby the bombing site around 8am local time. Got stuck for a while in a traffic because Police is blocking all access to Mega Kuningan area, props on the quick response for local police.
So far I have already checked all my relatives working/living in Mega Kuningan area are doing just fine, Alhamdulillah. Lastly, my deep condolences to all the bombing victims and their families, Inna Lillahi wa Inna Illahi Raji'un.
Twitter Fan
· 4 months ago
Whether u like it or not , web 2.0 has come into our lives in a big way. MJ case was an example, a very good examle really. This is another, but there will be more, but remember although we dont think (if something big like this happens), social media is already governing us and our communcaitons. Importantly , this chaning the business as well. This side of things will be discussed at this major Conference for young professionals in Sydney Australia. Its the only one of its kind. Register soon at : http://www.acs.org.au/youngit/2009conference/
Σχολή Χορού
· 4 months ago
As some people here already mentioned, you can spread rumors, panic and of course you can also spread lies and false information. As with all power, twitter can be used or misused.
Kevin Sablan
· 4 months ago
The good thing is, oftentimes tweets that dispel rumors often travel as quickly as the rumors themselves. Viral messages spread more quickly when initially sent by respected users, so it would be great for those with large followings to help spread the word when false information is spread.
Jarmla1981
· 4 months ago
So Twitter user Daniel Tumiwa published this first, but how many people saw his tweet in anything like real time? I assume no one knew he was first until tweets were analyzed afterward.
Is Twitter really faster than CNN? Doesn't it take a while until there are enough tweets to confirm that something actually did happen, and it's not just a hoax? Does CNN watch Twitter, and then - let's assume - call up their own sources in e.g. Jakarta to get the story?
I'm just trying to understand the real-world process that happens between some unknown person with 12 followers tapping out a tweet -- and then people claiming that Twitter scooped CNN...
Any insight?
outlawserenade
· 4 months ago
Considering Daniel Tumiwa himself is a known person (founder of MTV indonesia, non-celeb mediapersonality) and is followed - albeit small in number - by mostly media personalities, I'd say the news *did* travel faster than CNN. CNN did not air the news until two hours after the event (7.51 a.m. GMT+7 - Daniel's tweet was exactly at the moment it happened). Local TV (Metro TV), aired it first as breaking news FOUR minutes after the next bomb exploded (7.54). Most of MetroTV's footage were from cellphone cameras. Their camera crew arrived by 8.30, and they aired live footages ever since.
So yes, twitter is faster than CNN. Sorry, CNN.
nomdunchien
· 4 months ago
One more reason to avoid those very expensive hotels and to go to the backpack ones.
nomdunchien
· 4 months ago
Twitter users have got a lot of power, but what are they fighting for?
I just wonder why so much fanfare for Twitter, when it comes to breaking the news? Are not other Social Media sites are able to report the news as well, at times even before Twitter?
I got an update on my Facebook profile about this 6 hours ago, from a boy who lives in Indonesia. Which by my calculation beets the Twitter update by one hour - that is looking at the time stamp of the comments on Mashable and the Twitter comment. I am just approximating it, because I did not write this post.
But what I am saying new information can break out on different network, not just Twitter.
All this Twitter talk, makes me wonder if Twitter is becoming the Mass Media! Personally, I take mass media with a grain of salt. ;-)
mupet
· 4 months ago
I can see those building , marriot and ritch carlton from my office.
redpillmarketing
· 4 months ago
What a bizzare surreal experience that must have been.
Marisa Duma
· 4 months ago
In response to the Jakarta bombings Friday morning, Indonesians jumped start a crowd-driven movement: Indonesia Unite. The cause is to unite against acts of terrorism in the nation. Indonesia Unite encourages social media users, local and international, to add an overlay of red and white to their avatars. Red and white represents the national flag. Keep track of the responses through #indonesiaunite, or #jktexplosions for latest updates. Thank you.
Pitra
· 4 months ago
And also the relevant Facebook Page at: facebook.com/pages/IndonesiaUnite/240349685009
arham
· 4 months ago
"Indonesia Unite encourages social media users, local and international, to add an overlay of red and white to their avatars. Red and white represents the national flag." ... I never heard that ?... but OK.. I'm supporting for
Adam Killam
· 4 months ago
Hopefully, when I am in Jakarta in November, I'll be twittering about the surfing and not bombs going off. I feel for people who have to live in areas like that.
Jessica Setiawan
· 4 months ago
Woke up this morning, first thing to do is check out twitter.. and this morning, couldn't be more sad n shocked with the bombing news.. but congrats to twitter to break the news first, much before detik.com or Metro TV
Gisele
· 4 months ago
The amazing about people using Twitter to report this kind of happenings is that we realize we don't depend on big media corporations to get to know about what is going on out there. It is great to be able to hear straight from the sources, it gives us a broader sense of reality and humanity.
ddadm09
· 4 months ago
Once again, terrorists have killed and wounded innocent people. My sympathies to the victims of these tragic attacks and their families. If you want to know more I have collected some good sites or articles (around 200) to get lots of latest information about Jakarta Bombings of 2009 at the Marriott and Ritz Carlton Hotels (covers the news, videos, pictures etc.,). Check the below link http://markthispage.blogspot.com/2009/07/all-yo...
Vernon Sanchez
· 4 months ago
Its amazing how Twitter has advanced Journalistic usage...
Anonymous
· 4 months ago
News of the death of Jeff Goldblum first broke on Twitter, too. Wake up.
ddadm09
· 4 months ago
Once again, terrorists have killed and wounded innocent people. My sympathies to the victims of these tragic attacks and their families. If you want to know more I have collected some good sites or articles (around 200) to get lots of latest information about Jakarta Bombings of 2009 at the Marriott and Ritz Carlton Hotels (covers the news, videos, pictures etc.,). Check the below link http://markthispage.blogspot.com/2009/07/all-yo...
@Jarmla1981 CNN does read Twitter and spread the news from it afterwards. But yeah, @DanielTumiwa tweet was not the first one I saw yesterday (nor for anyone else who did NOT follow him). I live in the (supposedly) beautiful & peaceful Bali, Indonesia. I'm sad that this is happening again to my beloved country...
spryka
· 4 months ago
Twitter is like a breath of fresh air on the Social Media scene. I have been on it for just a few weeks now and I have met several interesting people. It is a platform to network with people you would like to meet in real life.
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Bombs strike Jakarta hotels -- First Tweeter, Timeline, + Other Jakarta Tweets
http://www.breakingtweets.com/2009/07/16/bomb-e...
Also -- More in-depth Tweets from a Twitter user at the Ritz Carlton Hotel with TwitPic: http://www.breakingtweets.com/2009/07/16/twitte...
Guess he was twitter around the same time as the account above.
@charanjit
@Davidspinks
@Scribnia
The authority of the country still needed to give more detail and explanation about this sadness friday in Media..
http://solaroverpower.com/2009/07/17/wag-the-bi...
Those would be two interesting curves to compare.
Those would be two interesting curves to compare.
I was actually nearby the bombing site around 8am local time. Got stuck for a while in a traffic because Police is blocking all access to Mega Kuningan area, props on the quick response for local police.
So far I have already checked all my relatives working/living in Mega Kuningan area are doing just fine, Alhamdulillah. Lastly, my deep condolences to all the bombing victims and their families, Inna Lillahi wa Inna Illahi Raji'un.
Importantly , this chaning the business as well. This side of things will be discussed at this major Conference for young professionals in Sydney Australia. Its the only one of its kind. Register soon at :
http://www.acs.org.au/youngit/2009conference/
Is Twitter really faster than CNN? Doesn't it take a while until there are enough tweets to confirm that something actually did happen, and it's not just a hoax? Does CNN watch Twitter, and then - let's assume - call up their own sources in e.g. Jakarta to get the story?
I'm just trying to understand the real-world process that happens between some unknown person with 12 followers tapping out a tweet -- and then people claiming that Twitter scooped CNN...
Any insight?
So yes, twitter is faster than CNN. Sorry, CNN.
Nom d’un chien
I got an update on my Facebook profile about this 6 hours ago, from a boy who lives in Indonesia. Which by my calculation beets the Twitter update by one hour - that is looking at the time stamp of the comments on Mashable and the Twitter comment. I am just approximating it, because I did not write this post.
But what I am saying new information can break out on different network, not just Twitter.
All this Twitter talk, makes me wonder if Twitter is becoming the Mass Media!
Personally, I take mass media with a grain of salt. ;-)
Indonesia Unite encourages social media users, local and international, to add an overlay of red and white to their avatars. Red and white represents the national flag.
Keep track of the responses through #indonesiaunite, or #jktexplosions for latest updates. Thank you.
http://markthispage.blogspot.com/2009/07/all-yo...
http://markthispage.blogspot.com/2009/07/all-yo...
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