Malcolm Gladwell: Twitter Doesn't Work(guardian.co.uk)
guardian.co.uk
Malcolm Gladwell: Twitter Doesn't Work
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/oct/03/malcolm-gladwell-twitter-doesnt-work
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/oct/03/malcolm-gladwell-twitter-doesnt-work
Two words seem to be sufficient to invalidate his thesis: "Tea Party". Ask, oh, Senator Mike Castle if he disagrees (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Castle).
Or wonder why another two words in a single Facebook posting completely changed the tenor of the health care debate: "death panels".
(You don't have to agree with or like these outcomes to acknowledge that something's happening here and that Facebook, Twitter etc. are an important part of it.)