Twitter and a Global Perspective
I am sure most librarians have by now picked up on the amazing story of how young Iranians used Twitter to gather when cell phone communication was cut off in the midst of a highly contested election- but it still deserves a mention here. 
In a truly classy act of international mindfulness, twitter put off scheduled maintenance in order to continue to offer their services to Iranians, for whom it was vital during the tumult.
Next time your Dad balks at the [insert airquotes] “importance” of Web 2.0, and claims nothing of importance can be said in 140 chars (my dad is not literate enough to talk in this way, but yours might be), ask him what creative ways he might use to communicate if he were in Iran – semaphore? Oh Twitter, you really are after my own heart.
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I’m from Iran and just wonna apreciate world ppl for all their supports,
thanks from all ppl here
although gov have max power and use wild equipped basijies, but we just hope to make some changes; wish us luck!
I have a bad attitude about Twitter (maybe because I associate it with douchey celebrities) but this is really cool and makes me re-think my aversion to it.