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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Protest Twitterers

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Why we like this: Because the Revolution will be digitized by young, passionate Iranians— whether the Iranian authorities like it or not Source: Marjan Safinia [ PDF ]

Gist: Twitterer Marjan Safinia posted a link to these tips, originally captured from http://reinikainen.co.uk/, a site that has since been suspended. In brief:

1. Do not publicize proxy IPs over Twitter. 2. The ?only ?two ?legitimate? hashtags? being? used? by ?bloggers ?in ?Iran ?are? #iranelection ?and? #gr88. 3. Keep? your ?bullsh*t ?filter ?up!?? Security ?forces? are? now ?setting ?up? Twitter? accounts ?to? spread? disinformation? by ?posing? as ?Iranian ?protesters.?? Please ?don’t? retweet ?impetuously; ?try ?to ?confirm ?information? with? reliable? sources? before? retweeting. 4. 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. 5. Don’t blow their cover. If you discover a genuine source, please don’t publicize their name or their location. 6. If you don’t know what you’re doing, stay out of this game. 7. Do ?spread ?the ?(legitimate) ?word. It ?works!? ?When ?the ?bloggers ?asked? for? Twitter ?maintenance ?to ?be ?postponed ?using ?the ?#nomaintenance?tag, ?it ?had ?the desired ?effect. ?As ?long? as? we? spread ?good ?information, ?provide ?moral ?support ?to the? protesters,? and ?take? our ?lead ?from legitimate bloggers, we can make a constructive? contribution.

From: thestimulist.com

By The Stimulist | June 16th, 2009 | News We Like, News4

Why we like this: Because the Revolution will be digitized by young, passionate Iranians— whether the Iranian authorities like it or not Source: Marjan Safinia [ PDF ]

Gist: Twitterer Marjan Safinia posted a link to these tips, originally captured from http://reinikainen.co.uk/, a site that has since been suspended. In brief:

1. Do not publicize proxy IPs over Twitter. 2. The  only  two  legitimate  hashtags  being  used  by  bloggers  in  Iran  are  #iranelection  and  #gr88. 3. Keep  your  bullshit  filter  up!   Security  forces  are  now  setting  up  Twitter  accounts  to  spread  disinformation  by  posing  as  Iranian  protesters.   Please  don’t  retweet  impetuously;  try  to  confirm  information  with  reliable  sources  before  retweeting. 4. 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. 5. Don’t blow their cover. If you discover a genuine source, please don’t publicize their name or their location. 6. If you don’t know what you’re doing, stay out of this game. 7. Do  spread  the  (legitimate)  word. It  works!   When  the  bloggers  asked  for  Twitter  maintenance  to  be  postponed  using  the  #nomaintenance tag,  it  had  the desired  effect.  As  long  as  we  spread  good  information,  provide  moral  support  to the  protesters,  and  take  our  lead  from legitimate bloggers, we can make a constructive  contribution.