Comments on: PDF2009 Workshop on "Social Media and Iran" with Katrin Verclas, Davar Iran Ardalan, John Kelly, Olivia Ma, and Nancy Scola http://www.webmetricsguru.com/archives/2009/06/pdf2009-workshop-on-social-media-and-iran-with-katrin-verclas-davar-iran-ardalan-john-kelly-olivia-ma-and-nancy-scola/ Web Analytics, Social Media and Search Marketing Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:53:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Thomas Ho http://www.webmetricsguru.com/archives/2009/06/pdf2009-workshop-on-social-media-and-iran-with-katrin-verclas-davar-iran-ardalan-john-kelly-olivia-ma-and-nancy-scola/comment-page-1/#comment-2971 Thomas Ho Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:09:50 +0000 http://www.webmetricsguru.com/archives/2009/06/pdf2009-workshop-on-social-media-and-iran-with-katrin-verclas-davar-iran-ardalan-john-kelly-olivia-ma-and-nancy-scola/#comment-2971 My experience is summed up in <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/23/AR2009062301355.html" rel="nofollow">this Washington Post article</a>. Since I've been doing <a href="http://Azadi4Iran.info" rel="nofollow">Azadi4Iran.info</A> for the last two weeks, I've learned a few things that have changed my strategy. Originally, I was aggregating a much larger number of Twitter feeds in the "eventstream" that appears under the "New" tab. As I've watched these Twitter streams for the last 2 weeks, I've gotten some sense of who I can "trust" so I guess that I'm some sort of metadata, at least for the time being anyway ;-) I have made the eventstream more adaptable by aggregating DIFFERENT Twitter names depending on what (I think) is happening in Iran so I acknowledge there doesn't seem to be as much going on, but I think that we'll get a more accurate picture in this way. Anyway, this is an experiment that I hope to be able to carry on for as long as there is news so I hope that you will give me some feedback on how you think it's working out. My experience is summed up in this Washington Post article. Since I’ve been doing Azadi4Iran.info for the last two weeks, I’ve learned a few things that have changed my strategy. Originally, I was aggregating a much larger number of Twitter feeds in the “eventstream” that appears under the “New” tab. As I’ve watched these Twitter streams for the last 2 weeks, I’ve gotten some sense of who I can “trust” so I guess that I’m some sort of metadata, at least for the time being anyway ;-)

I have made the eventstream more adaptable by aggregating DIFFERENT Twitter names depending on what (I think) is happening in Iran so I acknowledge there doesn’t seem to be as much going on, but I think that we’ll get a more accurate picture in this way. Anyway, this is an experiment that I hope to be able to carry on for as long as there is news so I hope that you will give me some feedback on how you think it’s working out.

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