http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/01/25/america_and_the_arab_spring_112902.html
Video montage of 25th January http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHfVfELL5rY
Quotations from Revolution 2.0.
- transparency; people started to know of the story.
- makes any average person angry~ 40,000 people with no effort.
- relied on lack of knowledge on digital world.
- behind the screen it is much easier.
- internet will change politics in Egypt.
- internet helped as part of the revolution.
- our aim was go create a snowball.
- internet plays a big role in mobilising people and educating them.
- what every egyptian wants.
- spreading of the virus; fighting against democracy.
- still going through phases of problems, which is expected.
- need to focus the right problems.
- educating people about democracy.
- most brilliant marketing campaign. (As it was anonymous).
Criticisms of Revolution 2.0
- British comedian John Oliver recently joked on The Bugle podcast that if the internet ruled the world, then government would mostly consist of imposing the death penalty on bands that people don’t like. Lenin would probably have liked that one. (From the telegraph link above)
- From 18 May 2011, a major campaign on Twitter gained momentum with the hashtag #unfollowedghonimbecause, criticising Ghonim for various failings and an exaggerated focus on the Egyptian economy.
- He has also been criticised for failing to publicly remedy doubts about the genesis of the We are all Khalid Said Facebook page, which is believed to have had at least one more initiator.
Some of Ghonim's supporters have launched a Facebook page, trying to declare him the spokesperson for the Egyptian revolutionaries - a role which, at any rate, Ghonim has consistently rejected. More than 400,000 people have joined the page.Moreover, more than 360,000 people joined his personal page on Facebook and more than 3,000,000 people joined the "We are all Khaled Saeed" page, which is run by him and another administrator.
- From 18 May 2011, a major campaign on Twitter gained momentum with the hashtag #unfollowedghonimbecause, criticising Ghonim for various failings and an exaggerated focus on the Egyptian economy.
- He has also been criticised for failing to publicly remedy doubts about the genesis of the We are all Khalid Said Facebook page, which is believed to have had at least one more initiator.
Some of Ghonim's supporters have launched a Facebook page, trying to declare him the spokesperson for the Egyptian revolutionaries - a role which, at any rate, Ghonim has consistently rejected. More than 400,000 people have joined the page.Moreover, more than 360,000 people joined his personal page on Facebook and more than 3,000,000 people joined the "We are all Khaled Saeed" page, which is run by him and another administrator.
