Comments on: Ft. Hood: A Social Media Failure? http://redteamjournal.com/2009/11/ft-hood-a-social-media-failure/ Red teaming and alternative analysis for national security and business advantage. Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:48:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: A.E. http://redteamjournal.com/2009/11/ft-hood-a-social-media-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-1892 A.E. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:12:38 +0000 http://redteamjournal.com/?p=1989#comment-1892 Yeah, I was scratching my head about that 2003 reference as well. Typo? I've also got some more thoughts on the Iran protests here: http://www.groupintel.com/2009/11/12/hype-social-media-and-networked-social-movements/ Yeah, I was scratching my head about that 2003 reference as well. Typo?

I’ve also got some more thoughts on the Iran protests here: http://www.groupintel.com/2009/11/12/hype-social-media-and-networked-social-movements/

]]> By: Saso http://redteamjournal.com/2009/11/ft-hood-a-social-media-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-1891 Saso Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:04:38 +0000 http://redteamjournal.com/?p=1989#comment-1891 In his outrage Paul obviously forgot his history. Or maybe he's just looking for cheap publicity. <cite>Despite how successful ten million actual voters marching through Washington, London and other major cities in 2003 were in stopping the invasion of Iraq, a bit of entirely virtual cyber-posturing by foreigners didn’t lead to real change in Iran.</cite> 2003 protests didn't stop anything; protests in Iran have had a much greater, if less visible, results. We probably won't see the end results of protests in Iran for quite some time. Having said that, those protests were "for internal consumption only". Realpolitik teaches us that much. In his outrage Paul obviously forgot his history. Or maybe he’s just looking for cheap publicity.

Despite how successful ten million actual voters marching through Washington, London and other major cities in 2003 were in stopping the invasion of Iraq, a bit of entirely virtual cyber-posturing by foreigners didn’t lead to real change in Iran.

2003 protests didn’t stop anything; protests in Iran have had a much greater, if less visible, results. We probably won’t see the end results of protests in Iran for quite some time. Having said that, those protests were “for internal consumption only”. Realpolitik teaches us that much.

]]> By: Deflating The Social Media Hype « ubiwar | conflict in n dimensions http://redteamjournal.com/2009/11/ft-hood-a-social-media-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-1883 Deflating The Social Media Hype « ubiwar | conflict in n dimensions Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:12:32 +0000 http://redteamjournal.com/?p=1989#comment-1883 [...] happen and then sent troops to Iraq anyway. Carr’s point is clear though, and Adam Elkus picks up the theme at Red Team Journal: all the hype about social media and its ability to effect political change but [...] [...] happen and then sent troops to Iraq anyway. Carr’s point is clear though, and Adam Elkus picks up the theme at Red Team Journal: all the hype about social media and its ability to effect political change but [...]

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