Twitter Continues to Spur Hati Relief Effort

Filed in Internet News on January 20, 2010 with 1 comment
hati_relief_1Not only does Twitter help you keep track of your latest lunch cravings or shopping rampages, but now it can be said the popular social networking tool saves lives.

With users ranging from civilian volunteers and military personal, Twitter has played a large role in helping connect victims and survivors with family members around the globe. Within hours of the quake, developers created applications to track missing people (which can be updated in real time) and to map the disaster.

One of the best examples is the ability to send live updates of when relief is coming, and the current situation facing rescue works. Check out this Tweet from some volunteers on the ground:

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Joel Ellegood is currently a full time college student, and passionate follower of online marketing, social media, and politics. If it's in the news...chances are he's caught it. It's not just a love for the news that allows Joel to write here at MetaFever.com, it's the fact that he's been there and done it. By age 18 he was managing media buys and ad spends for a large ecommerce group that often hit $250,000 / month. This is what gives him the right to be here....so, sit back and enjoy.

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  1. Annette says:
    January 23, 2010 at 9:21 am

    First of all i want to say that this is a stunning blog.
    A real nice piece of work!

    We don`t see many of these blog around for the keyword “make money online”

    Actually there is a lot of crappy blogs at the top ranking.

    Your article is an inspiration.Twitter does on heck of a good job keeping us up to date with was going on on Haiti.

    Keep up the good work!

    Annette.