Showing posts with label Iran. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Iran. Show all posts

Google Buzz should get out of Gmail



After a couple of days using Google Buzz, I start to think Buzz is not so nice. I already have facebook and twitter in international SNS, plus Renren (Chinese facebook) and a lot of Chinese twitters, but I never think Buzz is good enough to replace them.

It is disaster to follow some famous guys on Internet. Concider about China having been blocking facebook and twitter, so there is no place to speak freely and safely except Google Buzz. Ten of thousands Chinese Gmail users gather in those famous guys’ Buzz and show their feelings about everything. Usually one Buzz can get more than 400 comments, and most of all have no value for me.

After two days, I am getting tired of Buzz keeping showing the updates. There is one good thing abour Buzz is to turn it off in Gmail, but I still want to keep it, so I just hide it in case of interrpution.

Even though , Buzz still is a good product in SNS. But it just shouldn’t be in Gmail, a lot people use their Gmail to contact their customer and college who don’t need a social network in their email.

The future of Buzz is hard to predict. It may be the next Oukut or Jaiku. It may cost Gmail being blocked in Mainland China, as Gmail is already blocked in Iran. But it is a nice try for Google, keeping Internet moving forward.

Link: my Google Buzz/Google profile

CN4Iran

 
今天是个不平凡的日子,一向不太火热的中文Twitter今天因为伊朗人民揭竿而起而火爆了,并以#Cn4Iran作为对伊朗人民支援的标签。短短2小时内,就把#CN4Iran推到了推特的主页。请记住,大多数的推友都是在大陆,那里Twitter是被封锁的。
Twitter - Home_1261929235711
正是由于广大推友的努力,推特上出现了大量的支援伊朗人民的中文消息,以至于搜索Iran时英文与中文各占半边江山。大量的中文震撼了许多老外,也感动了许多伊朗人。中国时间过了午夜之后,大多数推友都下线睡觉,#CN4Iran退出了推特榜,但是不断增加的是伊朗人民对中国人民的感激之情。
潘挺 (Tingpan) on Twitter_1261939891169

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself_1261940016283
许多人在经历了推特奥巴马竞选事件,推特伊朗大选事件与推特新疆事件后依然是对推特这种微博客很是陌生。也许是微博客这个名字产生了误解,认为微博客本质上也是博客,忽略了微博客的实时性与传媒性的特点。Twitter不仅仅是诉说你的吃喝拉撒或者某个名人的吃喝拉撒,而是你内心的声音。就在twitter #CH4Iran public timeline千变万化的一瞬间,我看到了我自己的Tweet。






































而他们习惯的门户网站往往要在Twitter上被传遍了一个小时后才能出现新闻事件。特别是这种重大的国际事件,门户网站的速度就更慢了,因为这种东西不能乱说,要等新华网出通稿后才好统一口风。于是在德黑兰已经有四人被杀害的情况下,新华网竟然登出了伊朗有"零星冲突"。



伊朗人民的勇敢举动得到中国人民的支持的同时,中国政府却是一如既往的支持伊朗政府,所谓的“不干涉他国的内政”。伊朗政府也从中国政府那里偷来了秘诀,先是否认警察打死了人,然后又说中国的推友在干涉他们的内政,最后出现了动乱是受外国势力指使的(Twitter上的中国人都成了所谓的外国势力,我也第一次觉得这个说法是很可笑了)。
伊朗给中国人上了一堂课,也给中国政府上了一堂课。可以预见的是,未来不但要封锁网络,更要封锁手机。这次伊朗事件的传播就是因为有人不断的通过手机拍视频照片,让全球在第一时间知道了进展。到了后面伊朗的手机信号终于被切断了。但是伊朗人民在今夜已经控制了德黑兰城,明天将会继续斗争下去。目前军方还没有介入,但早晚的事。孙中山先生说:
欲求文明之幸福,不得不经文明之痛苦,这个痛苦就是革命。