Man... I Don't Know Anything About Twitter, But This Made My Blood Run Cold (Iran)

[WillyT]

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boatscain2003: RT @iran09: Polic is making a river of blood in the dormitories of Univ of Isfahan#iranelection
less than 20 seconds ago from TweetDeck · Reply · View Tweet
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Link: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23iranelection

How does one verify the information???

:shrug:

:scared:

[Oregone]

1. "How does one verify the information"

You don't. You either choose to believe it or not.

"river of blood" sounds poetic, eh? Who knows.

[MADem]

2. Hyperbole is common in that area of the world. That said, I would believe

that the cops have gone into the dorms, and say, beaten up a few people with those sticks they have, and caused them to bleed, and maybe even arrested a few organizers and dragged them off. That's about how they do it. Scare the crap out of people. Make an example....

[billyoc]

3. Same way you verify something you overheard at a bar.

[lame54]

5. order another drink?

[WillyT]

8. That Just Makes Me Forget What I Overheard At A Bar

Sometimes a good thing, no?

:evilgrin:

[BlooInBloo]

4. How do you verify anything said on the intertubez?

[earthside]

6. Twitter is for children. n/t

[bbernardini]

9. That's funny...I know some extremely intelligent adults who use it.

NPR's Scott Simon, the Reduced Shakespeare Company's Austin Tichenor, and the fine musician Jim Boggia are a few off the top of my head.

[dysfunctional press]

10. and I know some extremely intelligent adults who play video games...

what's your point?

[WillyT]

13. Plus... If I Heard Correctly... It's The Only Non-Monitored Source Of Info...

coming out of Iran right now.

Or... the only uncensored communications coming out of Iran.

:shrug:

[lies and propaganda]

18. dont forget Barack Obama

or anything of the other slew of politicos.

Im so sick of DUers who find themselves so technological, advanced and progressive, yet go out of there way to write lame ass No Text posts to bash a site simply because they dont understand or enjoy it.

Google about what happened in Moldova after their stolen election.. the people using the real time media of twitter were able to make history.
Now what is going on in Iran..

its not very different from DU at all. A message board with global, up to the second news that I appreciate the fuck out of for that very reason.

[WillyT]

7. And...

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kayoungche: RT @Elizrael @iran09: Police surrounded students n Tehran U, shooting evrbody w/ plastic bullets, & there's no way in or out! #iranelection
less than 20 seconds ago from Twittelator · Reply · View Tweet
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:shrug:

[janx]

12. LOTS of tweets about police surrounding/entering university

dorms right now.

[bananas]

16. "Security forces are now gathering a large force near university of physics"

http://twitter.com/Change_for_Iran
Security forces are now gathering a large force near university of physics
#iranelection
5 minutes ago from web

[FreakinDJ]

11. Maybe they are using Twitter because Grampy McCaine uses it

Help me McLame - come save me

[HarvardMed]

14. Anyone with a twitter account can say whatever they want

Use your own judgement. I have no doubt that many of the posts misrepresent the truth.

[Billy Burnett]

15. Sounds like Miami.

[WillyT]

17. And...

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Holten: RT @IranRiggedElect confirmed: 150 Sharif Univ faculty resigned saying they are ashamed to get paid by such a gov. #iranelection #cnnfail
less than 20 seconds ago from jibjib · Reply · View Tweet
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:shrug: