5 (weird) Ways Government is Experimenting with Social Media
Detecting earthquakes before they happen: When a 5.9-magnitude earthquake shook the Northeast in 2011, many New Yorkers learned about it on Twitter -- seconds before the shaking actually started. Tweets from people at the epicenter near Washington, D.C., outpaced the quake itself, providing a unique early warning system. |
5 (weird) Ways Government is Experimenting with Social Media - HootSuite Social Media Management
Joe Mobley