http://thethunderbird.ca/2009/01/19/microblogging-the-inauguration/ News, analysis and commentary on Vancouver Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:13:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://thethunderbird.ca/2009/01/19/microblogging-the-inauguration/comment-page-1/#comment-27454 l.e.may51@hotmail.com Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:17:52 +0000 http://thethunderbird.ca/?p=2950#comment-27454 Actually I enjoyed watching the CNN videos and the Facebook comments simultaneously.....It was all happening in real time and people were commenting while they were watching, you could feel their excitement, joy and get their critisisms all at once....Some funny comments especially during the Youth Ball for people between 18 and 35 years old.....Some thought the age group should have been older...LOL....Yeah....Can you imagine an 18 year old I loving to dance with a 40 year old youth....ha-ha..???...The word "Twitter" says it all.... Meaningless fluff, but , for the inauguration it did give everyone a chance to become involved and have their say during this spectacular event.....and by commenting it gives a sense of actually being heard and being part of something bigger....., And.....about CNN cashing in by selling T shirts, etc.....Isn't that what the new president wants, that people start spending to get the economy going.....P.sS I actually enjoyed watching everything on- line instead of the t.v.....I went to the different events and watched what was going on from place to place.....You can't do that on T.V......Keep on blogging....ell. Actually I enjoyed watching the CNN videos and the Facebook comments simultaneously…..It was all happening in real time and people were commenting while they were watching, you could feel their excitement, joy and get their critisisms all at once….Some funny comments especially during the Youth Ball for people between 18 and 35 years old…..Some thought the age group should have been older…LOL….Yeah….Can you imagine an 18 year old I loving to dance with a 40 year old youth….ha-ha..???…The word “Twitter” says it all…. Meaningless fluff, but , for the inauguration it did give everyone a chance to become involved and have their say during this spectacular event…..and by commenting it gives a sense of actually being heard and being part of something bigger…..,
And…..about CNN cashing in by selling T shirts, etc…..Isn’t that what the new president wants, that people start spending to get the economy going…..P.sS I actually enjoyed watching everything on- line instead of the t.v…..I went to the different events and watched what was going on from place to place…..You can’t do that on T.V……Keep on blogging….ell.

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