If you want to read tweets from the streets of Iran, the Stimulist says these are the hashtags you want:
#iranelection
#gr88
The article's author also suggests:
Help cover Iranian bloggers. Change your Twitter settings so that your location is TEHRAN and your time zone is GMT +3.30. Security forces are hunting for bloggers using location and timezone searches. If we all become ‘Iranians,' it becomes impossible to find them.
Here's a link to the full article: http://thestimulist.com/the-7-habits-of-highly-effective-protest-twitterers/
So, for now, my location is Tehran. Hyper-localism can wait.
Very cool. We should help them. This is very important. Lives are at stake.
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What an amazing thing Twitter is...who could have imagined it would be used in this way. You are right, we could help them to be harder to identify. My prayers are with them in their battle.
The idea that I could be arrested for tweeting boggles my mind. We are so used to our freedoms we take them way too much for granted sometimes. I switched Twitter time zones immediately. I found myself thinking some Mom may have filmed the protest from her kitchen window. YouTube is full of very interesting footage from people from all walks of life.
I love the thought we can protect someone by virtue of our own freedom. It's a great way to share.
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Thank you for posting this. I wanted to spread this information, and you have done it for me! Twitter and cell phones are the wave of a new world. The voices of oppressed people will be heard in the future, as they gain access to technology. Our world as we know it is changing this week. And it is a good thing. Be well. Elaine Giamona, Broker, Lincoln, CA http://www.mccoyreo.com
I found this through Carolyn's link on twitter. Thank you for the information, I appreciate it.
I'm hoping the idea goes viral, and thousands and thousands and thousands of Twitter users change their location....
Cher, it would make for a fascinating Twitter experiment. :-)
was easy... remind me to switch back someday? hopefully soon
It's amazing to see how the Internet is being used in the fight for freedom. It's powerful.