MEDIA: The Banality Of Twitter.

GUARDIAN.UK/OPINION/ James Harkin/
"Among activists and dissidents (in Iran), Twitter and other social networking sites were useful in getting messages out of the country, but they turned out to be just as handy for the authorities who were trying to track them down. In any case, since only a tiny number of Iranians use Twitter – a mere 0.027%, according to a forthcoming report from the British Council – it was never going to be much use in organising demos. In retrospect, our fascination with Twitter said much more about us than about them."