Why is the Iranian situation a reason to market Internet companies?

[lxlxlxl]

Boring McLuhan-lite posturing about Web 2.0 bullshit...namely Clay Shirky on Fareed this morning

Trusting technology alone is complete nonsense to me. In fact, trusting novel technologies to provoke critical outlooks or motivate people to stand up for justice is probably counter productive.

Twitter in Iran or Satellite IP phones? Which ones are more important...what would be more useful in Iran right now?

[Warpy]

1. There's a real disinfo campaign going on out there

almost to the point it's not worth reading any more unless you know specific people to read.

I think the people doing it are just the general type of trashers who try to spoil anything they can just for the hell of it.

[Turbineguy]

2. Because one should never

miss an opportunity to turn a tragedy into a commercial success!

We need a cynicism smiley

[TomClash]

3. I watched that nonsense too

McLuhan's idiot wannabe son is what I was thinking. You're observations are spot on.

Morale has always been more important than technique or strategy in war or politics.