2009/07/02

Twitter 吱吱叫

伊朗總統大選引發示威,人民以 Twitter把遊行路線和見聞從手機發放,各地政府看到一堆恍如有組織能力的蟻群在調動食物的高效場面,漸漸關注「網絡起哄」的能耐。


人稱 Twitter為迷你網誌,它把 sms(或更古老的傳呼機)結合互聯網,讓人免費發放有限字數的訊息。以前 call台年代,留言一對一,用戶無想過 call機可以引爆甚麼潮流; Twitter卻可火燒連環船,是揭竿起義的利器。


每段 Tweet以 140「字元」為限,總得言簡意賅。但用中文可比英文輸入多出數倍的內容,例如「字典」只算作兩個字元,若鍵入 dictionary則當十個,寫文言就更「抵睇」了。


正因 Twitter免費,玩家事無大小都發佈,並不限於「北韓核爆」等大事,於是 tweet顯得零碎,資訊合用與否,視乎網民所「跟蹤」的人而定。


問題是,都巿人普遍注意力疏鬆,太多短訊人都癲,尤其當一眾玩家手癮發作,辰時卯時都發訊息,恍如群龍亂舞,令人眼花撩亂,除非大家都旨在發放(而非接收)訊息。


在資訊管死的國度,除非連手機短訊都要檢查,又或動輒祭出「煽動罪」找人祭旗,網民將對暴政愈來愈敢怒又敢言,伊朗民眾只是一個 demo。

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Blogger Alex ...

Unless one's stalking someone (or for revolution, as in Iran's case), I don't really see the point of following someone's tweets. It's a source of continuous little interruptions that make it impossible for people to concentrate on any task that requires minimal brain processing... :P

2/7/09 10:02  

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