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- d3c4y, on 06/16/2009, -6/+391+1 Internet for the US Government
- Betrayal, on 06/17/2009, -11/+247Wow this is one of the rare instances where the U.S. Government acts cool.
- lostngone, on 06/17/2009, -4/+141Mahmoud Ahmadinejad demands the Fail Whale!!!!
- Swarms, on 06/17/2009, -9/+106I can't believe how many of you consider this as the US Government meddling in Iran. There's literally nothing that the US Govt. can do without being blamed.
- xexx, on 06/17/2009, -3/+78Why do I keep seeing "#IranElection"? It reminds me of an IRC channel...
- virtualcorey, on 06/17/2009, -4/+75how exciting to see twitter with a purpose in life.
- lemur, on 06/16/2009, -2/+69Now US Government does 2d8+1 against all oppressive regimes with Internet access, excluding PRC.
- dn11, on 06/17/2009, -1/+56right, because there was no media coverage of US elections... it was a total black out.
- SwiftKick34, on 06/17/2009, -4/+58I applaud this.
- septicmadman, on 06/16/2009, -3/+48Luckily I had my dice right in front of me. 16 damage!
- Chairboy, on 06/17/2009, -0/+39A perfect example of slacktivism. Something that's easy to do that makes you feel better...
...and has zero effect. In fact, it may have a negative effect if, after doing it, you decide you've 'done enough' and then don't do something useful like contribute to the EFF. - tech42er, on 06/17/2009, -8/+46GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF THE SAND, SHEEPLE. JOHN MCCAIN WAS THE REAL WINNER!!!
- CoD4, on 06/17/2009, -20/+55But make sure your servers are down during our elections
- solid12345, on 06/17/2009, -0/+29Goddamn ***** are idling on the fserve for 20 minutes taking up slots!
- Digger1123, on 06/17/2009, -7/+31and a green icon will do that?
- gogog0, on 06/17/2009, -3/+25what a selfish idea, to think that everything going on around the world is about the US. as an iranian with many relatives living in iran i can tell you that this is about the people getting fed up with the sham of a system they have around them. the US really has nothing to do with this
- inactive, on 06/17/2009, -2/+21I don't know what the 'highest level of router' means, but the answer is: AT&T.
- Chrysalii, on 06/17/2009, -0/+19and that means...
I can't make the jump from coincidence to conspiracy without some evidence.
The government isn't stupid, inefficient maybe, corrupt defiantly, but not stupid. They know that twitter is the fastest way of gathering intel on the situation. - notoneofus, on 06/17/2009, -2/+20As opposed to people who post on Digg? Most of your posts seem to be tweet-length.
- tj111, on 06/17/2009, -0/+18Seems to me he's just letting the world know they do not act on the whim of the State Dept, and that the decision was made internally. He never said the Dept didn't ask. Basically just making sure people don't think Twitter is somehow at the mercy of the US Government.
- angusm, on 06/17/2009, -3/+20"The US government has no position on the Iranian elections, which are a purely Iranian domestic affair ... but by the way, we'd really appreciate it if Twitter could stay up so that opponents of the ruling establishment can continue doing whatever it is that they're doing, which may be defending their democratic rights or plotting violent insurrection, depending on your point of view."
- srs2000, on 06/17/2009, -0/+17... There is a huge difference between what we did then and what is going on now.
Allowing the people of Iran to continue communicating is not meddling. - c0mputar, on 06/17/2009, -1/+18Obama is reacting exactly as he should. He is publicly playing it like he doesn't care who ends up President after the tension subsides, but that the foundations of democracy need to be respected. He condemned the violence, but he has not pointed fingers at any of the figureheads. What good would Obama's condemnation of Aghmandinejad and/or support for Mousavi and the protests do? The USA have failed to make Iran budge on the nuclear issue, and so do you think the ruling elite will give a damn what Obama says when it's their power that is threatened? No they won't, and such an action would backfire and make any future diplomacy with Iran's government, relating to other issues, far more difficult.
He is setting himself up so he is in the best situation with whatever outcome. For now, the time for America to police the rest world is over, until they are no longer occupying 2 countries and in serious debt at least. While this issue with Iran has been unfolding, Obama has also been busy with Israel and a 2-state solution. Obama's lack of meddling into the Iranian affair, pursuing a solution to the Palestine-Israel problem, and the Cairo speech, are all winning a lot of points in the eyes of the Middle-Eastern world. This is regardless if Mousavi doesn't get put in power as he should be, but the majority of the Middle-Eastern world probably favors Aghmandinejad, and so it's not wise for Obama to interfere and be seen more as the enemy... He is hoping the Iranian uprising can do it, because it'll be harder for the Muslim world to condemn fellow Muslims, but he is setting himself up as if the uprising will fail just in case. No point stonewalling any progress that could be made if the hardliners stay in power over the next few years. - steelersfan7roe, on 06/17/2009, -0/+16Allowing voices to be heard is not government meddling.
- tfprice, on 06/17/2009, -0/+16Iranians*.
- srs2000, on 06/17/2009, -0/+15....
Here is some advice for you.
You have more to worry about your friends/family/bosses seeing the stupid ***** you do if you post it online. Unless you are someone important and on the governments radar... They don't give a ***** about what you are doing drunk and stoned at night.
You are not John Connor. You really don't have anything to worry about. - Jamiekin, on 06/17/2009, -5/+20Twitter says Iran maintenance delay decision not made with State Department
http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,28348,25 ... - DaviDTC, on 06/17/2009, -2/+16We hate twitter cause of the spam it has turned into. There are the occasions where the site kicks ass compared to any other media outlet though. When something big is happening, twitter is a great place to look for real time updates and first person accounts.
- dn11, on 06/17/2009, -1/+15I fail to see how encouraging a US based communication service to stay up is getting involved. Anyone on either side of the election process can use it. Allowing communication says nothing about what message is actually being communicated.
- therealrico, on 06/17/2009, -12/+26Our government finds another way to indirectly get involved with the Iran elections, well at least this is a positive influence rather than appointing a shah!
- bradleyland, on 06/17/2009, -0/+13They call them Tier 1 carriers, and there is a short list of them. None of them can be considered the "top" of the internet though. That's not the way IP networks work.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tier_1_carrier - harrisbradley, on 06/17/2009, -7/+20okay even the joke about tweeting while taking a ***** is gettin' old.
- killaspike, on 06/17/2009, -2/+14Cant hurt.
- cJw314, on 06/17/2009, -0/+12I can search EVERYONE's "tweets" for #IranElection info. I can't search EVERYONE on gmail's e-mails for the same.
- gordigor, on 06/17/2009, -1/+13buried for generalization.
- dn11, on 06/17/2009, -1/+13hashtags, searching. API that allows for mobile clients etc.
- dhughes, on 06/17/2009, -1/+12 There's a surprise from Twitter when you do it.
- wpyh, on 06/17/2009, -0/+11who the ***** gives america the right to police the world?
- inactive, on 06/17/2009, -0/+10lol slacktivism, thank you for this term
- theOster, on 06/17/2009, -2/+12dumbass, you're following the wrong people
- darkstar949, on 06/17/2009, -1/+11Too late, Twitter is now relevant to historical events and as such, it is less likely to fail. Netcraft confirms it.
- tech42er, on 06/17/2009, -4/+14Isn't it ***** ridiculous? Because the US has interfered in the past, there is literally nothing they can do now that will not get them suspected of conspiracy. I don't deny that the US has done a lot of shadowy black ops ***** and will continue to do a lot in the future, but that doesn't mean everything they do is a conspiracy. At some point, you have to return to reality. What do you think the US government should do? What wouldn't indicate a conspiracy in your mind? Doing nothing? You'd be criticizing them for abandoning the protesters.
- iericg, on 06/17/2009, -1/+11Somethings fishy. Either the State Department is trying to get street creds for doing nothing or they told Twitter mums the word.
- lemur, on 06/16/2009, -8/+18Here it is as reported by Reuters: http://digg.com/world_news/U_S_State_Department_sp ...
- AlanCayce, on 06/17/2009, -3/+13Its like wearing an American flag lapel pin..
- digitul, on 06/17/2009, -2/+11twitter is popular. i want to be cool. therefore i will say i hate twitter.
- SPThom, on 06/17/2009, -2/+11I never would have thought of something like Twitter being used as a tool for revolution... but I like it.
Can't stop the signal. - theOster, on 06/17/2009, -0/+8i think you're the first person i've seen get dug up for a pro-twitter comment (albeit in a round about way)
- benicillin1, on 06/17/2009, -0/+8im not biting on the destabilization hypothesis. we want the young to be able to use the internet as a medium to spread information bc the young support the opposition gov., that's why the gov asked twitter to stay up. maybe you could call that destabilization since it constitutes replacing the government in place, but I'm not sure it would be proper to characterize it in negative terms since it is, after all, the result the US is looking for.
- Cl1mh4224rd, on 06/17/2009, -1/+9tech42er wrote:
> "We're cheering the US government because they forced Twitter to stay up."
Where do you get the idea that they *forced* Twitter to delay maintenance? The article certainly doesn't even hint at such an extreme action.
"The biggest revelation is that the State Department asked Twitter not to go down at its original time..."
Note the word "asked"; very different from the word "forced". Twitter could have just shrugged their shoulders and went ahead with the maintenance anyway, but they didn't.
Both Twitter and the U.S. State Department deserve some kudos for this. -
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