https://www.bennee.com/~alex/2009-10-19T15:58:00+01:00the wanderings of a supposed digital native2009-10-19T15:58:00+01:002009-10-19T15:58:00+01:00alextag:www.bennee.com,2009-10-19:/~alex/blog/2009/10/19/twitter-storms/

<p>Last week there were two Twitter Storms that kicked off around the <a class="reference external" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire_toxic_waste_dump">Trafigura toxic waste dumping</a> and Daily Hate's predictable <a class="reference external" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Gately#Jan_Moir_controversy">sewer journalism</a>. I'm still to be convinced about the long term future of micro-blogging and prefer the more wordy proper blog as a vehicle for discussion and debate. With that …</p>

<p>Last week there were two Twitter Storms that kicked off around the <a class="reference external" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire_toxic_waste_dump">Trafigura toxic waste dumping</a> and Daily Hate's predictable <a class="reference external" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Gately#Jan_Moir_controversy">sewer journalism</a>. I'm still to be convinced about the long term future of micro-blogging and prefer the more wordy proper blog as a vehicle for discussion and debate. With that in mind I can recommend reading Stephen Fry's <a class="reference external" href="http://www.stephenfry.com/2009/10/19/poles-politeness-and-politics-in-the-age-of-twitter/">latest blog post</a>.</p>