In what ways did twitter help people in Christchurch?
Twitter has helped the people of Christchurch in many ways. The main example of this is when people were tweeting for help when they were under the rubble. They tweet that they are alive and there location so that they can be rescued. Also It helps people who are missing people to try and help find there missing or the missing to tell there relatives where they are.
Quote examples of tweets that show the different uses?
An example is when Someone tweeted that they had hundreds of bottled water in there factory once this tweet was out, people flocked to the factory to collect these bottles of water because Christchurch had no running fresh clean water. Another is when A man had lots of meat in his frezzer, but because of the power cut he needed to get rid of it. So he tweeted for everyoen to come around and he had a BBQ with evryone who saw he tweet because of course there is a lack of food in Christchurch at this time.
How do people use the Twitter functions?
The functions on twitter are easy to use and very accesiable because you don’t even need an account it is now a very good search engine, because its efficient and real time. Instead of texting one person on a phome tweeting allows the whole world to see your tweet. Also there is no need to sign up which can be very helpful quick to use.
Why is twitter good in a crisis?
It is good because it is a good way of communicating with others for help or loved ones for comfort. Twitter can never be shutdown therefore it will always be available compared with txing. It also does not cost to use so it would help those who would need urgent help because obvisouly they wouldn’t have money. It could also be used to orginise meetings and events. Also it can help raise money for the people involed in the crisis.
Compare it with Facebook?
Twitter does not sell your private information like facebook so your safe there. Also when tweeting the whole world can see it while with Facebook only friends can see it. Also Twitter you can use it while not having to sign up like Facebook does. Facebook also does not having regular tweeting like Twitter.
