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Twitter (not just a fad) to help monitor the vote...please forward
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 19:47:55 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Richard Pauli <rpauli () speakeasy net> Date: November 1, 2008 3:55:49 PM EDT To: dave () farber netSubject: Twitter (not just a fad) to help monitor the vote...please forward
For IP if you wish:I now have respect for the techno-fad Twitter - it has found a worthwhile task. It may be a vital tool used to protect our democracy.
[ This summarizes an NPR report: - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96349881 ]
Twitter technology will be showing how the vote is going by displaying a map of thousands of reports from polls all across the nation. http://twittervotereport.com/
Twitter is just a system of sending and catching short text messages and displaying them - [this is the cute fad part]. The cool smart usage here is for Vote Reports - and so ANYONE can report voting situations and then ANYONE can read these reports and see the location. Anyone with a cell phone or iphone or any way to send a Text Message can be a citizen reporter. http://twittervotereport.com/how-to-help/#twitter
What a great, vital, important, killer application.When you vote and need to report a problem like - long lines, few machines, broken machines, electronic errors - this is a way to quickly report (in seconds) to let everyone see what the problem is and where - nationwide.
Instructions for reporting in http://twittervotereport.com/how-to-help/#twitter-- basically you use your iphone or cell phone to send a text message - enter #votereport
-- then type a short report it gets compiled and presented.So one could check for the latest report in how long the lines are - or check the US map and see where the cluster of problems are happening. To View results of twitter reports: http://www.npr.org/news/specials/votereport/map.html Map of reports.
Twitter explained in a simple video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddO9idmax0o - this is the fad version of Twitter. See the video and imagine everyone is committed to watching over the vote.
This describes it all http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96349881 Here's how to send a report:Text: Send a text message to 66937. Begin the message with the phrase #votereport, include your ZIP code and a very brief description of the problem.
Twitter: Send a tweet with the phrase #votereport making sure to include your zip code and a description of the problem.
iPhone and Google phone: Download the iPhone app from the education section of the iPhone app store. For the Google phone, go to the Android Market and search for "votereport."
Here's how to see what is happening: http://twittervotereport.com/ [ click "view the #votereport map" ] or you can go to the NPR site of http://www.npr.org/news/specials/votereport/map.html Forward this message and VOTE ! ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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