Tag: NeoGAF

Twitter vs Gamer networks for high speed news updates

No sooner had I finished reading a blog article about the transitions occuring in the way people get their news (see “where is everyone“), than I had a real live test study present itself. Last night we had a small earthquake and I jumped onto Twittersearch to see what the magnitude was.  Silence.  No action or posts. Next I turned to google and was directed to a local TV news channel blog post with a question from the anchor on what listeners had felt, and where.  The real eye-opener was the next link though to NeoGAF, a gamer’s forum.  These guys were on it in seconds and closed out with 50 posts in 15 minutes.  The reports came in with phone area codes and short updates.  Gamers are now more real-time, localized and real-world than twitterers?

acknowledgements: Thomas Baekdal