One year after the Egyptian revolution, 10% of its Social Media Documentation is already gone. An article on US magazine The Atlantic [1] explains how this is happening, quoting a study [2] conducted by a phD student in computer science and Web preservation at Old Dominion University. “Twitter gives us a new version of ‘the first rough draft of history.’ But tweets are fragile things.”
Egypt: One year after the revolution, 10% of its Social Media Documentation is already gone
· Written by Bernardo Parrella
Categories: Middle East & North Africa, Egypt, Citizen Media, Digital Activism, Freedom of Speech, Media & Journalism, Protest, Technology