Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Lunchtime Quiz Question

WE'VE MOVED! Democratic Convention Watch is now at http://www.DemocraticConventionWatch.com

What do socialists, human rights groups, communists, vegetarians, anarchists, religious communities, atheists, political activists and something called "hactivists" have in common?

Along with "others", they all use Twitter.

So says the Federation of American Scientists in a draft Army Intelligence Paper. (And I only use the word "Intelligence" because it's in the official title.)

I heard this as I was walking into the house from phone banking, and the words came out of Rachel Maddow's mouth in the TV. So I looked it up. And there it was.

If you click the "here" link within the item, check out page 7.

I'm guessing they are saying Twitter is popular, because having included "others", they're pretty much saying "lots of people."