blogs.laweekly.com— We would be faced with a avalanche of videos/tweets/pics from office workers still trying to figure out what was going on. That's just the tip of the iceberg.
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Isn't that what happened during the earthquake in China recently? The government was really strict with filtering information that foreign news relied on what the Chinese twittered and blogged about in their accounts.
Your right, not everyone would have had the same experence. However I suggest that for the vast majority of users reading a web page about how social media would have changed 9/11, it would have been pretty much the same.Maybe you are one of the people here today that is either to young or a little late to the internet that it would have changed so much for, but don't assume that your situation is that of the majority.
You'd probably have videos from INSIDE the towers, maybe even some of the planes. People posting goodbye tweets and posts on forums and messages to family. With the improved technology (it's been almost a decade now), the outages and strain on the networks wouldn't be as crippling. It would honestly be extremely fascinating from a academic standpoint (if not creepily voyeuristic), though the increase in media would also, I think, make it that much more emotionally devastating.
Everyone I knew had a cell phone in 2001. my family, friends at uni an home. I think you're imagining it was longer ago than it was, or you're too young to remember.
I still remember that I could no go on CNN.com because the internet was down. So I turn on the radio and hear about a plane hitting WTC. The commentator on radio was joking around about a drunk pilot. When I said that it was terrorists, debunkers laughed at me and said that was "conspiracy theory". They quickly did a debunker flipflop when the second tower fell.
detcadeSep 11, 2009
"A PLANE HIT THE BUILDING""ONE SEC LET ME BLOG THIS"
deliverymediaSep 12, 2009
Isn't that what happened during the earthquake in China recently? The government was really strict with filtering information that foreign news relied on what the Chinese twittered and blogged about in their accounts.
68024Sep 12, 2009
Ever heard of LiveJournal? Back then it was a thriving community.
cenobyte40000Sep 12, 2009
Your right, not everyone would have had the same experence. However I suggest that for the vast majority of users reading a web page about how social media would have changed 9/11, it would have been pretty much the same.Maybe you are one of the people here today that is either to young or a little late to the internet that it would have changed so much for, but don't assume that your situation is that of the majority.
brathorSep 13, 2009
You'd probably have videos from INSIDE the towers, maybe even some of the planes. People posting goodbye tweets and posts on forums and messages to family. With the improved technology (it's been almost a decade now), the outages and strain on the networks wouldn't be as crippling. It would honestly be extremely fascinating from a academic standpoint (if not creepily voyeuristic), though the increase in media would also, I think, make it that much more emotionally devastating.
danwoodukSep 13, 2009
Everyone I knew had a cell phone in 2001. my family, friends at uni an home. I think you're imagining it was longer ago than it was, or you're too young to remember.
hdrkidSep 13, 2009
I still remember that I could no go on CNN.com because the internet was down. So I turn on the radio and hear about a plane hitting WTC. The commentator on radio was joking around about a drunk pilot. When I said that it was terrorists, debunkers laughed at me and said that was "conspiracy theory". They quickly did a debunker flipflop when the second tower fell.