Despite some of the skepticism concerning the value of Twitter and Facebook to protest groups in Iran, they remain basically the only way that people on the ground have been able to get information out. Here's one of the best ways to keep up with news from the ground.
TweetTabs lets you set up several twitter searches simultaneously and monitor them in real time. My current search tabs?
#iranelection OR Iranelection -RT
#tehran OR tehran -RT
#Mousavi OR mousavi -RT
#Iranelection video -RT
#basij OR basij -RT
the -RT is really important, it keeps the site from displaying what's known as "retweets" or just redundant information. I'm really happy with this site, use it to learn the news BEFORE it goes on CNN and BBC.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
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Raamin, thanks for linking to TweetTabs– I had been looking for something like this to follow #iranelection, etc. but the search features of my 3 different Twitter clients left much to be desired. Much obliged.
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