Social Networking and the internet affects almost all decision a person makes on a daily basis. With Facebook and Twitter being accessible through mobile devices anyone can keep up with topics and trends going on around the world. The internet unites everyone on a global basis. With just a push of a button anyone with access to the internet can read what you posted.
Through social networking, Twitter specifically has kept the world informed on the revolution going on in the Middle East. When the government shut down the Internet Biz Stone and the co-creators of twitter made a way to be able to send a text to twitter, that way keeping everyone informed. The way the protesters are able to get thousands of people is by organizing and spreading the word through Facebook and Twitter. The Newyorktimes.com has a minute to minute update on the Middle Eastern protesters.
Some people may have used social networking as just another form of communicating with their friends and family, but today we see how social networking to inform and carry out strategic plans. Hopefully, the crisis in the Middle East will come to a end, until then we are guaranteed to be kept informed about everything going on.
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