Let’s Worry About the Real Tools: 3 Quick Thoughts on Gladwell’s Twitter Article
October 7th, 2010
If you’re still aroused by Twitter’s revolutionary potential you might be…
There’ve been a lot of responses written to Malcolm Gladwell’s piece in The New Yorker about Twitter and revolution, “Small Change: Why the revolution will not be tweeted.” Read it if you haven’t, it’s short. These responses by Amy Chang and Alexis Madrigal add to the discussion. Read them too. As I’ve been critical of social media evangelism for some time now, I’m happy to see this piece. Social media is indeed doing incredible things, beyond just giving Justin Timberlake a chance to shine as an actor, but the converts to it, like all converts, have gone overboard about it’s ability to affect massive societal change. But I promised to keep this quick. These are musings, not finished thoughts. Sound off in the comments if ...read more