Twitter Breaks China Earthquake Disaster
There were a lot of folks reporting yesterday morning that the first news they heard of the earthquake in China, which was a 7.8 on the Richter scale, was via Twitter. In seeming testament to the platforms' instantaneous power, Twitter was there first -- even before news crews could be dispatched. And while the platform might not always provide the best serving of information -- some platforms package it better, have better seasoning, more ambiance -- Mathew Ingram has dubbed Twitter "the first draft of history" on his blog, and it's a descriptor that seems particularly fitting.