It’s not astonishing to know that most of us found out about Osama’s demise from a social media site instead of some major news source. Atleast I got to know about this through Twitter. I was surprised because five minutes prior to going online I was watching T.V and even flipped news channels but nothing of this sort caught my attention.
Its not surprising that news of Osama ‘s death has set new records on twitter. There have been on an average 5106 tweets per second, easily leaving behind the Royal Wedding’s meager which was 67 tweets per second. Even facebook started pages that are going viral till now like "Osama bin Laden is DEAD, "Osama Bin Laden is Dead 5/1/11," and "And That's How the USA Outdoes a Royal Wedding". The facebook page Osama bin Laden is DEAD, accruered more than 450,000 likes. The page has now become a center for Facebook members to share news and opinions on this important event.
Even Foursquare users had their own party and to celebrate their joy people began to check in to a world where Osama Bin Laden no longer exists. So many check in sites were created all over the globe, all related to an Osama free zone. The most popular venue people were checking in was Osama Bin Ladens Dead Party.
Through every social medium in one way or other people celebrated the death of Osama. And we have to admit that in todays digital age Social media sites have become the main source of breaking news for most people and for others a place to share their joy over such news. Now we don’t have to wait for news channels to inform us rather now social media can inform journalists of what exactly happened. And a great example of this is the story of 33 year old Sohaib Attar, Twitter user@ ReallyVirtual who unknowingly tweeted live on twitter the assault on Osama Bin Laden pleasure palace in Abbotabad,as the whole event was happening.
Sohaib was initially irritated by the large noise of a helicopter hovering above the area and then he started tweeting about it live. He recently Tweeted, "Uh oh, now I'm the guy who live blogged the Osama raid without knowing it.".After his tweeting about the event, he has become a big online celebrity and he is even getting marriage proposals on Twiiter.
To check all the tweets from Sohaib you can check http://twitter.com/#!/ReallyVirtual
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