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Re:Why Twitter Must Be Saved by komali2 on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @06:19PM (#12904860)
Does it function better for you than a google search or a news.google.com search?
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Re:Why Twitter Must Be Saved by vvanders on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @06:23PM (#12904884)
Yes, much better. All it takes is someone and their phone.

Take for instance the recent tornado we had off the Oregon coast. I had video/pictures/reports showing up even ahead of the local NOAA site or google news.

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Re:Why Twitter Must Be Saved by wingerlang on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @11:45PM (#12906105)
Similar, there was a fire around my office a week ago and within minutes there were an image on twitter. Within 30 minutes multiple ones from various angles.

Granted, it was the first time I ever went to Twitter for something like this, but I knew that it was /the/ place for the most up to date information.

And I try to avoid Twitter as much as possible, too annoying to read in there.

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Re:Why Twitter Must Be Saved by athenot on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @10:59PM (#12905941)
Severe weather (tornadoes) is also the most important benefit I get from Twitter.

Generally speaking, it's great for aggregating witness accounts of a real-time event that's going on.

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Re:Why Twitter Must Be Saved by snewk on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @06:37PM (#12904970)
how is news.google "social media" in any way?
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Re:Why Twitter Must Be Saved by criddell on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @09:39AM (#12910568)
It isn't.

The person you replied to was responding to the idea that Twitter is a good source of news.

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