Twitter Considered Harmful To Swine-Flu Panic

Posted by kdawson on Monday April 27, 2009 @06:36PM from the you-have-the-flu-swine dept.

judgecorp writes "Twitter is being criticized for spreading panic about swine flu. This is not just knee-jerk Luddism 2.0: it's argued that Twitter's structure encourages ill-informed repetition, with little room for context, while older Web media use their power for good — for instance Google's Flu Trends page (which we discussed last winter), and the introduction of a Google swine flu map." On a related note, reader NewtonsLaw suggests that it might be a good idea, epidemiologically speaking, to catch the flu now vs. later.

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XKCD by Lord+Lode · 2009-04-27 20:24 · Score: 0, Redundant

Why all the xkcd related posts lately?
Re:This just in by H0p313ss · 2009-04-28 01:34 · Score: 0, Redundant

Regardless of what you might think, I'm not a part of a conspiracy or the Illuminati.
Ahh... but if you WERE part of the conspiracy that's EXACTLY what you'd say!
Nudge, nudge, wink, wink.

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