tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post3614470043496775674..comments2009-06-24T13:35:19.896+01:00Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05877671849645884790peter@theroadtothehorizon.orgBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post-41990352040435818922009-06-24T13:35:19.896+01:002009-06-24T13:35:19.896+01:00@NativeSonKY<br /><br />Just above the box where you wrote your comment, it says:<br /><br />&quot;To avoid spamming and profanity, comments will only show up after I (manually) clear them.&quot;<br /><br />To claim moderated comments limits your freedom to speak, would be rather.. hmm.. how should I put it...?<br /><br />PS: you saw I put up a survey on what people think on publishing lists of YouTube, blog, Twitter users from Iran.<br />Strangely enough, I never had any response from anyone IN Iran...Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05877671849645884790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post-72848087548478272212009-06-24T10:12:59.869+01:002009-06-24T10:12:59.869+01:00Oh I see - it&#39;s a &quot;moderated&quot; board...so there is no real free speech or freedom here, move on folks, nothing to see....<br /><br />Except that by publishing twitter names of people KNOWN to be in Iran you have just subjected them to further harm...<br /><br />Sheesh...ignorance IS Universal...NativeSonKYhttp://twitter.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post-49335600611421237472009-06-20T19:17:02.511+01:002009-06-20T19:17:02.511+01:00http://twitter.com/adoostdar<br />in iran.<br /><br />look him upAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post-43507964672246149482009-06-19T22:38:23.682+01:002009-06-19T22:38:23.682+01:00@anonymous:<br /><br />I monitored Twitter for two days after the election results came out, and picked up those who reported on the events there, before it hit the mainstream media.Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05877671849645884790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post-44637557809244336712009-06-19T20:44:10.256+01:002009-06-19T20:44:10.256+01:00How did you determine who was &quot;on the ground&quot; in Iran?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post-88407669748299599462009-06-19T13:36:45.384+01:002009-06-19T13:36:45.384+01:00Related to this topic: An example of how people ask to be retweeted: <br /><br />Change_for_Iran: Please RT with my username, they already know about this account and at least it would reduce the number of false RTs &amp; I can block themPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05877671849645884790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post-29737561174517012852009-06-17T07:14:48.991+01:002009-06-17T07:14:48.991+01:00Ciao Scott,<br /><br />I think readers might confuse real names (or email addresses) with Twitter handles or account names. I did not list real name, I only listed Twitter handles which are all acronyms, symbolic names or false names. <br /><br />These people have been under the fear of reprecussions for any kind of &quot;subversive&quot; activity since ages, so they pretty much know how to hide their real identities... <br /><br />To get their Twitter handles just like I did, you only need to watch <a href="http://iran.twazzup.com/?q=%23iranelection" rel="nofollow">this stream</a> or the feed on the top of my sidecolumn for 10 minutes... <br /><br />And I would assume the authorities do so, certainly knowing of all the press Twitter got in relation to the Iran elections... <br /><br />Where we could help them is to continue spread their word. And make it more confusing for the authorities by changing our own Twitter account locations to Tehran, Iran (as I did).<br /><br />Bit.ly &amp; co won&#39;t help as you end up at the end destination URL anyways.. <br /><br />But always welcoming other thoughts! ;-)<br /><br />P.Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05877671849645884790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post-50850718242252310262009-06-17T02:00:25.011+01:002009-06-17T02:00:25.011+01:00You have a point about these user accounts being public, but by pointing to the lot of them, their effectiveness by pointing them out en masse could be gutted.<br /><br />Is there another way we can route people to them? Bit.ly? Tinyurl?Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03661721443634465873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post-55495016866485577882009-06-16T17:46:37.480+01:002009-06-16T17:46:37.480+01:00Conscience is a strange thing. I thought the rest of the day of the comment Anonymous left on this post.<br /><br />Am I really putting these people in danger? <br /><br />I re-read the posts from these courageous people. All of them communicate to the outside world, conscientiously choosing this public microblog system to &quot;get their message out&quot;.<br /><br />I feel our task is to spread their word, let their voices be heard, not to muffle them up.<br /><br />P.Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05877671849645884790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post-63736279299848723762009-06-16T10:10:12.365+01:002009-06-16T10:10:12.365+01:00@anonymous<br /><br />-- I thought about this. Each of them is using Twitter, a public medium to broadcast their updates. <br /><br />They actively request (putting it mildly) people to spread the word, which is exactly what I did with this post.<br /><br />Anyone else have an opinion on this?<br /><br />PeterPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05877671849645884790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post-69168782513078108502009-06-16T08:20:58.374+01:002009-06-16T08:20:58.374+01:00I think you are putting these people in danger.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com