Twitter is the new USSR
Guardian:
Just as Tottenham residents in 1985 lambasted the media for scaremongering about protesters - the Daily Express suggested some had been trained in Russia - today's rioters might be surprised to read about "Twitter-organised chaos".
I love the idea of twitter as the new Soviet influence behind every event. It's not quite a perfect stand-in, but it comes close.
Just as Tottenham residents in 1985 lambasted the media for scaremongering about protesters - the Daily Express suggested some had been trained in Russia - today's rioters might be surprised to read about "Twitter-organised chaos".
I love the idea of twitter as the new Soviet influence behind every event. It's not quite a perfect stand-in, but it comes close.