Since I follow back the over 130,000 people who follow me and I can quickly skim, I have an advantage.  I can spot news and important information quickly.  Awful news like a 7.0 earthquake means my day just changes as I will use my tweets to work to help people and hopefully save lives.

I immediately did a Twitter search for “Haiti” and found tweets and re-tweets of news coming from Twitter’s news sources, but there seemed to be scant few from anyone in Haiti. That was strange.

The earthquake in Haiti is far from the first emergency where I used my Twitter network to help not the first quake I have been active in using Twitter as a helpful resource.

The first emergency when I participated in Tweeting information was the Mumbai attack on November 26, 2008. It was an event that changed how I saw Twitter and my role on Twitter.

I noticed that “Mumbai” had become a Trending Topic. Curious, I did a search for #Mumbai and discovered a stream of tweets coming from people in Mumbai, plus those outside who re-tweeted information. No one in Mumbai seemed to know what was going on, but there were gunshots coming from various places and suddenly regular citizens were under attack.

Essentially, when people in Mumbai knew of a safe or dangerous place they tweeted the information via their cell phones. This was re-tweeted again and again, so it would be seen by others in Mumbai when they searched on Twitter on their cell phones. Twitter The Twitter platform allowed those of use who cared enough to volunteer to become a link in a large stream of walkie-talkie type communications between people in a common emergency situation who otherwise would not be connected.

The secondary information we re-tweeted concerned helping friends and loved ones find their loved ones in Mumbai.

I had fewer than 2000 followers so I wondered how much good by re-tweeting the helpful information would do, but it was worth a try.  Since my re-tweets were again re-tweeted (passed along by others), and since I used #Mumbai I re-tweeted the Mumbai showed up in searches, it became quickly apparent that my meager two cents was worth a lot for #Mumbai.

I noticed that as I veered away from my usual tweeting topics of art, inspiration and awareness with some humor and comments on Social Media tossed in I lost followers.  Clearly diverging from what others perceived as my brand was not welcomed.

It seems to me that tweeting to help others during a crisis or emergency is totally part of any real artist’s brand. We artists were (and some would say are) the original spiritual leaders, the ones who bring the “fire down from heaven” making it seen and heard to inspire others. What is more spiritual than helping to save lives?

Since many people have cell phones with internet access that they have with them most of the time Twitter has quickly grown to be an initial and important information broadcasting media, especially in an emergency. During the past year it has become standard that major TV, radio and print media follow Twitter to pick up early information about breaking news.  But, unlike old media, through Twitter lives can be saved and injuries prevented as people in dangerous situations are tweeted immediate information.

After Mumbai, some of the events where I have re-tweeted possibly life saving and helpful information include the “Miracle on the Hudson’, the earthquake in Italy, the protests in Iran, the recent quakes in Samoa, plus several hostage situations, including Fort Hood. Stepping in and helping via Tweets has become a part of my life.

Until Haiti’s 7.0 earthquake.

Within ten minutes of the first tweet I saw it was apparent that whatever had happened in Haiti was unlike anything we had dealt with on Twitter before. The majority of the news about the Haiti quake was coming from news sources, such as CNN, not from Twitter members in Haiti.

I went to wefollow.com and discovered only a few members based in Haiti.Only three had tweeted recently. I found one missionary tweeting in Haiti who knew the situation was catastrophic but he was outside of Port au Prince. His phone was running out of power.  A different missionary source in Florida who  relaying some information from their people in Haiti, while also seeking to discover more. Plus a follower found someone else who was in Haiti and also running out of power on his cell phone. Several people outside of Haiti had received phone calls from loved ones there and tweeted the little information they had.

The few first and second hand tweets informed us that Haiti was devastated. The overwhelming lack of tweets from Haiti itself indicated a catastrophe beyond what we had dealt with on Twitter so far. There were no safe places. No shelters. No emergency responders. There was nothing we could tweet to the people in Haiti that would help them get fare better that first night.

The Twitter stream was filled with re-tweets about Haiti, relief organizations to contact and ways to give, but not tweets from Haiti itself. Haiti’s poverty and lack of communications infrastructure, plus the massiveness of the quake was experienced on Twitter. Until relief personnel and newscasters arrived in Haiti Twitter members lacked first hand tweets.

What caused the majority of deaths and damage in the San Francisco quake was not the quake itself but the fires it started. Haiti’s poverty may have also helped to save more lives than were actually lost from the views that I have seen in newscasts. Since many of the homes and shanties in Haiti lacked electricity and gas lines, since not many people own gasoline powered vehicles and there are few gas stations, fire was not an additional problem from the quake.

Today, a week after the quake, there is a hopeful sign on Twitter.

The first few messages from people in Haiti asking for specific needs, such as water at specific locations indicates the Haitians and relief workers are beginning to create some order, plus the hope that there is someone who can bring the necessary aid. Twitter is again being used to relay to unknown people, which are again tweeted and seen by others who can help or use the information.

I am grateful to be a Twitter member and to have the opportunity to join with strangers who often become friends as we tweet and re-tweet within hashtags such as #Mumbai, #Italy, #IranElection, #Samoa and now #Haiti. Join us. Thanks to Twitter, wherever you are, whatever you’re doing, you can take a few moments to tweet and re-tweet to help people in emergency situations and disasters, and even save lives.

On an almost daily basis that message is ReTweeted. It moves people, and that makes me happy because it is sincere and my real hope.

What do I mean by it?

First, as some Twitter members have mentioned, it is a blessing. I was and continue to be inspired to send it. I actually prayed before the first time I Tweeted it, asking for a message and blessing for all followers.

I cannot come up with a better greeting of sign off Tweet or message as I sometimes use it on Facebook.

The English word “happy” translates to “blessed” or “barak “, which is also a Hebrew name you may recognize.

I begin with the heartfelt hope that my Twitter and sometimes Facebook friends are blessed.

In truth, most everyone is blessed just by being alive, but my intent is that each friend feels or is experiencing being blessed. That recognition puts a person in the position of gratitude and abundance.

All of humankind’s major faiths teach that when we feel we have rather than lack, we will be blessed with more. It is a primary lesson of Job, the earliest book in the Bible.

When I use the word “fulfilled” I refer to being on your unique path in life. I am sure that each person has special gifts and ways to give to the world. When we are in the moment, in the now — what athletes call “in the flow” we are most fully alive and on our path.

For me  being fulfilled involves living inspired, which is easy to say and type but on a moment to moment basis very difficult. Yet, we all have experienced those moments. This is what I pray for my friends and loved ones to be do and have always.

The word “safe” has many ramifications. For me, the major way that I feel safe is when I am fulfilled and feel close to The Divine (always substitute your own name for The Divine when I use the term). Safe means safe from feel, worry, lack, pain and other unwanted negative emotions, etc.

My wish and prayer for your safety also means safe from disease, injury, famine, exposure to extreme elements, and intolerance. We need to be safe from intolerance to fulfill our purposes and share our Divine gifts with the world.

It blesses and fulfills me to wish and pray that my friends and loved ones, including collectors, readers of my blogs (you!), articles and books, be, do and have a happy, fulfilled and safe day and life.

I must admit that expressing that wish, and living where I can safely express it, makes me happy and fulfilled too.

I hope wherever you are, whatever you’re doing, that you’re happy, fulfilled and safe!

This tweet has reverberated throughout Twitter since June 24 , 2009.  Since then @persainkiwi has steadily gained followers even though all public tweets from the account ceased.

This tweet and the one just before it have been quoted and retweeted since June.  It is a tweet that with the help of people from around the world, including me and possibly you, can help to change the world so that it is safer and freer.

Click to sign into the Open Web Awards, sign in via your Twitter or Facebook account and Vote for @persiankiwi for Best You Tube Video of the Year!

It is a tweet that can help topple an illegal dictatorship has been chastised by the United Nations and Amnesty International for repeated and ongoing human rights violations, while continuing its plan to gain nuclear bomb capabilities.

@persiankiwi’a poignant tweets as the Iranian government basiji closed in seemed to leave us with little to do but pray for the safety of all the peaceful Sea of Green protesters, including @persiankiwi, plus Tweet and RT the news in hope that the media such would include stories about Iran in their newspapers and broadcasts.

Now there is more that we can do, we can vote in a meaningful way that will gain a strong media share for the situation in Iran if @persiankiwin wins the Open Web Award. It is a election that the whole international web memberships of Twitter and Facebook can participle in — a kind of worldwide opportunity for democracy.

Unlike most of the other awards and nominations, this one is not a popularity contest about one’s favorite or most enjoyed Tweet, or even one of a memorable event. @persiankiwi’s Tweet is the Tweet of the Year because it continues to reverberate and inspire a vision of a better world and freedom for Iran as it spreads.

Plus, the aftermath—what will happen as a result if @persainkiwi wins, makes our votes count for more than they do in relation to any of the other nominees.

When @persiankiwi wins one of two things will happen, and either helps defeat the dictatorship of the current Iranian regime because they will gain the attention and sympathy of the international community.

1. @persiakiwi will travel to the USA to accept the award. Since @persiankiwi has become a symbol of the brave, young Iranian protesters. This win will gain a great deal of press coverage for the awards, social media and the situation in Iran .

2. @persiankiwi will be denied permission to travel by the Iranian government. This will also gain a good deal of press and reveal more to the international community about the current regime.

Ironically, this summer another brave Iranian Tweeted out during a protest in Farsi and below in English, “My silence is more powerful than your clubs”. It was repeated in many languages and ReTweeted.

Tweet Heard ‘Round the World” (detail) by Judy Rey Wasserman

@persiankiwi’s silence since June 24th has been powerful. A comment ona regime that attacks its own peaceful people who march, unarmed, hands lifeted in V’s for victory to protest for a real and fair infection.

But the award is for @persiankiwi’s words, not the deafening,silece that followed them. The reports from the protests and continuing events were something those of us who joined in RTing under the hashtag #Iranelection knew we could count of for their honest reporting and humanity.Thosw words added up to form a disturbing image of supposedly democratic govenment that had stolen an election.

Just as all the tiny symbol strokes in one of my paintings, such as the avatar for Persian Protesta, intermingle and combine to make an image of a new reality , a painting that can help change how we see the world—so too can all of our tiny votes and tweets combine to create a vision of a new reality of freedom and tolerance for Iran.

Yes, a tweet can change the world – because it can change lives.

Join with me and the many others who have and continue to cast our votes for @persiankiwi for best Tweet of the year in the Open Web Awards.

And then Tweet out the news about your vote on Twitter of Facebook and encourage others to do likewise.

In addition the video of Neda being shot has also won the nomination for Best You Tube Video of the Year. I urge you to also vote for it. This video also deserves to win, plus, unlike any of the other nominees those responsible for capturing the event on video were also risking their lives to bring the images to the world. @persiankiwi’s last tweets chronicles a dangerous situation that led to arrest, and more that we do not yet know. Let’s help win this award for Best Tweet of the Year, hopefully bring this twitter member to the USA to accept the award and safely tell us more. Words can have great power—I know with certainty because I paint with them, their letters are all my strokes.

Sea of Green Rainbow by Judy Rey Wasserman, 2009 Strokes are letters of Bible’s Book of Esther

To quote another leader whose words were and are more powerful than the guns, hoses, dogs, lynching ropes, etc. “I have a dream…”

A tweet — 140 characters— can express a dream – and, yes, it can change the world.

Click to sign into the Open Web Awards, sign in via your Twitter or Facebook account and Vote for @persiankiwi for Best You Tube Video of the Year!

To read the current history of how @persainkiwi’s last tweet became nominated despite the then seeming fact that @persainkiwi might not be alive, plus the wonderful and encouraging new information about @persiankiwi read How You Can Help Change the World for Freedom & Tolerance with 3 Easy Clicks! and
Nominate @persiankiwi for a Free Iran .

There are three common dumb, even innocent, mistakes that Twitter members—regular social members as well as marketers make that can be very costly, affecting PC’s, losing friends and followers and even causing one to get TOS’ed off of Twitter.

Sadly, these mistakes are common and made by good people who are just picking up bad Twitter ways they have seen in the stream or think these are things that friends and good Twitter members do. [Note: in the examples below the only real links are to @judyrey and http://ungravenimage.com. The rest are phony and for example purposes only]

Mistake # 3: Using a (via) when ReTweeting.

Although this is Twitter legal and popular it is a dumb thing to do. It adds in extra characters to a RT. We all need extra character– not less.

Some people began to do it as it makes a good Tweet seem to come from the ReTweeter. Plus, others who come along and RT it again may end up dropping the parentheses and not the second Tweeter, so it’s a bit scammy.

The way to RT is to do it up front of the Tweet.

Example:

@Twitterer1 RT @judyrey Have a Happy Day!

This has 3 less characters than

@Twitterer1 Have a Happy Day (via @judyrey)”

Since some Twitter stats use RTs to show influence the ( via ..) method is somewhat unfriendly to the originator of the Tweet.

Plus, the more people who can join a Twitter RT-conga-line the more exposure for the Tweet and the ReTweeters!

Mistake #2: Add a link to your own site or comment as if it was part of an original message and ReTweet it.

For example, @Foul_Twitterer decides to use this to draw others to his web page with affiliate marketing, via a shortened link:

@Foul_Twitterer RT @judyrey Have a Happy Day! http://abc.yz/LmNo

It looks to his followers, those who follow lists that show his tweets and anyone who sees my Tweets via a search that the link originally came from me. It didn’t, so this kind of Tweeting is a form of lying, slander, plus again it breaks Twitter TOS.

This kind of RTing gets people unfollowed, blocked, reported to Twitter—and can lose your account! It is a dumb thing to do even when it links to something innocent seeming.

If a link or RT seems out of character for someone you follow scroll through their tweets to see if they made it.

Here’s another example of this kind of RT:

@AliceinTwitterland is basically a good person who fell down the Twitter Rabbit Hole and is following what she has seen in the stream. She wants to add in a comment for a cause she espouses. She loves animals, which is why she fell in the hole. @AliceinTwitterland tweets:

@AliceinTwitterland RT @judyrey Have a Happy Day! Adopt a shelter rabbit!

Now, I happen to be strongly for rescuing shelter pets and have personally done this and worked for HSUS’s my Pet TV originating a show about animal rescues. Every now and then I will Tweet something about animal causes, but not often as on Twitter I am basically about art, seeing the world in a new way, standing to religious tolerance and freedom, plus helping out with what I have learned about using Social Media. Plus, every now and then I tweet jokes or humor.

@AliceinTwitterland‘s adding her message to make it seem like it is part of my own would be tolerated but not appreciated my me. While Alice cannot fathom how a nice little rabbit could get one in trouble, the point is she is putting words in my mouth! I would not send out a morning greeting about this. I would probably DM @AliceinTwitterland warning her not to add to my tweets. I would not “off her head” by reporting her to Twitter or block her. But she would not see a RT for herself from me for a long time, at least until she finishes painting the roses red.

There are two correct ways to add links or comments to Retweets that indicte they are additions. These ways do not break TOS and are polite and acceptable.

Here are examples:

How @Foul_Twitterer can tweetly clean up his act:

@Foul_Twitterer My happy day:  http://abc.yz/LmNo RT @judyrey Have a Happy Day

@Foul_Twitterer RT @judyrey Have a Happy Day [ http://abc.yz/LmNo ]

How @AliceinTwitterland can stay out of holes:

@AliceinTwitterland Good day to adopt a shelter pet! RT @judyrey Have a Happy Day

@AliceinTwitterland RT @judyrey Have a Happy Day [Today's a Good Day to Adopt a Shelter Pet!]

Mistake # 1: Dumbest mistake a good, smart Twitter member can make: Clicking on any link sent in a DM that you did not previously request or agree to from a friend.

Most Twitter members learn quickly not to open any of those enticing links in DMs. The problems occur from messages that seem to be sent by actual friends and people we have come to know and trust in the stream.

In case you think it cannot happen to your friends because they are smart, it happened to one of mine recently who is web and phishing savvy, plus plenty smart—she even has a PhD! She was tired and got a link from someone she trusted and clicked on it.

We trust our friends– but never trust an unexpected link in a DM!

The way that phishing scams work is through links that are sent in DMs. They thrive because people—good people – fall for them and click the link that leads to a phony mirror site or authentic looking site that asks for their Twitter info. Seems harmless—but it is not! Apparently some links only need to be clicked to infect the victim’s PC—no info needs to be given past that initial click.

I have seen sites that look like Facebook or those of trusted apps. Even the URLs are formulated to deceive us.

While it seems safe to only open fascinating from real friends who know us that claim to have spotted our pictures in videos or photos, challenge us in I.Q contests, polls, etc. checking these links even from your best friend or family members is just plain ignorant—or since you have read this- dumb!

Phishers count on friends and family members clicking on these links so they fish the followers of the unsuspecting phishing victim and send out their wicked messages to them.

A requested link is one you asked for and/or expected. I have asked for links from friends that did not belong in the stream or that I wanted to consider for a RT.

The only link I will send is to my email address as to date sending an email to someone is always safe

I quit sending links, even ones to my web site http://ungravenimage.com – which is not shortened in DMs unless they are first requested or announced, even when adding the link in my reply DM would be appropriate.

For instance, I get DMs asking to see my art. Instead of sending a link back I DM this kind of reply:

@judyrey Hi & TY! To discover my art check out the link on my profile page or Google: UnGraven Image Be sure to play the top video!

Or, I reply with a Tweet in the Twitter stream so everyone can see:

@judyrey Hi & TY! To discover my art check out http://ungravenimage.com.. Be sure to play the top video!

The all time dumbest thing you can do on Twitter—or in a Facebook email is to click on an unrequested link and most especially a shortened one!

I do this so if I am ever phished—if my account is compromised my friends (I consider my followers to be friends) will remember that I do not send links in DMs unless first announced.

If someone you trust sends you an unexpected link in a DM  do not click on it until they verify via the public Twitter stream, an email or phone call that they actually did send that link.

So have fun, stay safe and Tweet smart. Follow me, I really as @judyrey and I follow back followers!

If you found the info in this blog valuable then share it with your followers. Tweeting and RTing information that you find valuable is a way to gain trust, gain followers and it’s also just plain friendly. Please cut and paste the Tweet below into your Twitter stream or add it to your Facebook wall, or something like it:

How to Avoid 3 of the Dumbest Mistakes Good People make on Twitter http://bit.ly/Twitrmistakes!

]]> http://www.artofseeingthedivine.com/blog/2009/11/15/how-to-avoid-3-of-the-dumbest-mistakes-good-people-make-on-twitter/feed/ 9 http://www.artofseeingthedivine.com/blog/2009/11/12/how-you-can-help-change-the-world-for-freedom-tolerance-with-3-easy-clicks/ http://www.artofseeingthedivine.com/blog/2009/11/12/how-you-can-help-change-the-world-for-freedom-tolerance-with-3-easy-clicks/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:25:10 +0000 Admin http://www.artofseeingthedivine.com/blog/?p=396 Right now you have a unique opportunity to make a difference in the world by making three easy clicks to nominate two outstanding contributions to Mashable’s Open Web Awards. This may be the easiest chance to promote freedom and tolerance ever.

First Click

Actually, you already successfully made the First Click. It took you here to check out this article. Good Job! Shows you are a good person who is interested in helping others and creating a better world! See how easy this is?

Second Click

The next clicks each have an before them. This article explains why and how you can help change the world by simply using those links!

First, you can l help gain a great deal of media attention for Iran ’s freedom Fighters, bringing true democracy and tolerance to Iran. This will also mean removal from power of Iran ’s current unconstitutional regime which seeks to have a nuclear bomb.

To do this we need to have the second to last Tweet by a @persiankiwi nominated for Mashable’s Open Web Awards. That tweet was made during a peaceful protest just before “The Kiwi” was arrested.

News of @persiankiwi

The fate of @persiankiwi has remained unknown, but on November 11, 2009 @judyrey (me) received compelling proof that @persiankiwi is not only alive (but now in hiding) and supports this nomination. The kiwi has requested that our effort to gain this nomination continue. I have a witness to this.

http://mashable.com/owa/votes?v=@persiankiwi%27s%20second%20to%20last%20tweet&c=23

This new information means nominating @persiankiwi is viable and meets all the rules for the Open Web Awards. From the information I have it seems @persiankiwi is available to attend the awards. If the Iranian government prohibited the Kiwi’s exit from Iran to accept the award that would help gain more media attention for the peaceable freedom fighters, plus gain more support from democratic countries and groups such as Amnesty International.

Below is a screen capture of @persiankiwi’s final tweets with the second to last tweet indicated. You can see it and scroll the entire tweet time-line by going to http://www.twitter.com/persiankiwi

Persian Kiwi’s Final Tweets

@persiankiwi’s second to last Tweet: “thank you ppls for supporting Sea of Green -pls remember always our martyrs- Allah Akbar-Allah Akbar #Iranelection”

Just click this link, sign in with either Facebook or Twitter to make your nomination. It’s easy! Then return to this page for one more simple click.

http://mashable.com/owa/votes?v=@persiankiwi%27s%20second%20to%20last%20tweet&c=23

Great! Two Successful clicks and just one more to go!

Third Click

As you can see from the above post I actively support freedom and religious tolerance. I am the artist who is the founder of Post Conceptual Art theory, especially the branch of UnGraven Image.

UnGraven Image is the first religious art theory founded in the USA , and being American is uniquely inclusive. I paint using symbols for each and every stroke. My symbol set is the only font or symbol set in the world that is alpha-numeric, phonic and binary. Binary is synonymous for duality, so in addition for my symbols elegantly referencing Elementary Physics” strings and branes, the strokes reference important concepts of dualities held by most all of the world’s religions and spiritual paths. Dualities include: Light/Dark, Good/Evil, Holy/Profane and also Yin/Yang.

Again with one easy click you can nominate the entertaining video, “Painting with the Big Bang of Genesis”. This video visually explains this new art theory and points to tolerance and a vision we all can and due share. As such, this new art always promotes peace and tolerance.

http://mashable.com/owa/votes?v=big%20Bang%20of%20Painting%20with%20Genesis&c=37

If you have not yet had the opportunity to see this remarkable video it is embedded below for your convenience. You can also access this video (it’s the one on top) and much more information, plus many images of this new art at http://ungravenimage.com

http://mashable.com/owa/votes?v=big%20Bang%20of%20Painting%20with%20Genesis&c=37

Want to do more?

Again, it’s easy!

1. Digg, Stumble, Mixx this article, share it in emails, post it to your own blog.

2. Tweet or post any or all of the following messages to Facebook news feeds, groups and fan pages or message it on other social media:

• How You (yes, YOU!) Can Help Change the World for Freedom & Tolerance with 3 Easy Clicks! http://bit.ly/2pGA4a

• Please nominate “Painting with the Big Bang of Genesis” for best YT video http://bit.ly/3tKW7D #OpenWebAwards RT!

• Please nominate @persiankiwi’s 2nd to last Tweet for best Tweet http://bit.ly/1D43yy #OpenWebAwards #Iranelection #Iran RT!

• Easiest free way to promote Freedom & Tolerance for ALL today without even standing up? http://bit.ly/2pGA4a#Iranelection #openwebawards

3. Share this article in email via links or cut and paste. You also have permission to use it as content for your own blog- just spread the word.hare it in emails, post it to your own blog.

Thanks!

Your clicks and support are greatly appreciated.

One category is Tweet of the Year

Three years ago it was unlikely, if not impossible to foresee some of the ways that people would use social media. Twitter was still being promoted as a place where one could go to let friend’s know you are enjoying a cup of coffee. Some people continue to use it as such.

But a large and growing number of people now rely on Twitter to meet new and interesting people, plus get or announce real time news and events.

One of those people was an Iranian known as @persiankiwi.

@persiankiwi came to be one of the people, perhaps the person who represented the unsung heroes who risked their welfare and lives to bring us reports, via Tweetcasts of the Iran Freedom protests. This Twitter member became so well respected and known that he/she merits a page on Wikipedia .

@persiankiwi’s follow count continues to grow along with his Twitter legend since his last tweet at 11:36 AM June 24 th . He is already included on 23 lists as I write this, although the list function is still in Beta testing stage.

@persiankiwi’s poignant second to last tweet deserves to win for Best Tweet of the Year – but there’s a catch that disqualifies him.

According to the Social rules: “The nominee must be publicly available.”

In other words, anyone who wins the award, or representatives of a company, has to be able to accept the award, which is generally a good rule as it excludes criminals, spammers, and fictional characters. Three years ago this was a good rule.

However, unlike the Nobel prizes, The Academy Awards, Grammys, Emmys, and many other notable awards, the rule also excludes political prisoners and those who became deceased during the year.

That rule means that nominations for any of the any of the brave Iranians who risked their lives for freedom by peaceable means by posting Tweets, videos, pictures, blogs and messages to Social Media and web sites.

NEW!  Until November 11, 2009 we only knew that @persiankiwi was arrested by the unconstitutional Iranain dictatorship forces on  June 24, 2009. Due to this article and campaign, on November 11, 2009 @judyrey received compelling evidence that @persiankiwi is alive and supports this nomination and effort.

We know that as things stand, even if “The Kiwi” as many of us called him might not be allowed to travel to the USA, where is would be an instant media darling as he reported first hand on the repressive and brutal dictatorship in Iran. However, @persiankiwi seems to be available to come to the USA, unless prevented by the Iranian government to now all the nomination criteria are met!

We can bring good publicity to the awards, social media, the ongoing cause on and beyond social media of real freedom, democracy and religious tolerance in Iran, plus be a tribute to @persiakiwi and those brave Iranian members of social media and the peaceful Green movement.

Although the brave and usually peaceful Iranian freedom protesters used many forms of social media well, it was the moment by moment Tweetcasts that upstaged and usurped the reporting of traditional media, such as CNN, BBC and NYT.

While You Tube videos are and were riveting and incredible, there is not one specific videographer who stands out. There are several shot from various angles of most of the important events. There is not one single You Tube video or Flickr picture that can be successfully attributed to any individual. What is impressive and newsworthy is that there are such a grand amount of visual materials uploaded despite the ongoing peril of injury, imprisonment, torture and even death for such activity.

There are two tweets that memorably stand out

One inspired a new large scale work of art that I am creating. Immediately after it was tweeted by an Iranian protector many people RTed it, or translated it into many of the world’s languages.

I call it the “Tweet heard around the World”. Unfortunately, I have no idea who originally tweeted it.

My own Art Tweet, using a Twitter character I created and a painting that uses strokes that are the original letters of the Bibles book of Esther, which is set in Persia is below. It is part of a large scale art piece and group of works about Social Media and the Iran Protests for Freedom that I am creating.

“Tweet Heard ‘Round the World” (detail) by Judy Rey Wasserman

Although by the Social Media Award rules we could nominate my artistic rendition of this tweet, the honor of representing the cause of Iran’s freedom needs to go to a brave Iranian not me, even though for a while my Twitter Profile sported the information that I lived in Tehran. In reality I am the American artist who is the founder of Post Conceptual Art, including the branch known as UnGraven Image.

Below is a screen capture of @persiankiwi’s final tweets with the second to last tweet indicated. You can see it and scroll the entire tweet timeline by going to http://www.twitter.com/persiankiwi

Persian Kiwi’s Final Tweets

@persiankiwi’s second to last Tweet: “thank you ppls for supporting Sea of Green -pls remember always our martyrs- Allah Akbar-Allah Akbar #Iranelection”

It is a Tweet that grabbed our hearts and imaginations as @persiankiwi tweeted while fleeing the Basiji describing the horror all around him.

What make @persiankiwi’s Tweet poignantly memorable is the grace, thankfulness and love it expresses for us, for those who are martyred and for God as he faced capture and quite possibly death.

What Tweet this year can possibly be more important or potentially world changing?

Whatever country you are a citizen of; chances are like me you do not wish to see atomic weapons in the hands of the current Iranian dictatorship government. It is a brutal government that held an illegal coup last June and holds a fully disarmed population in its grasp by police and military might not will as the real election results indicated. A free and tolerant Iran will not only benefit the Iranian people, but the whole world will be safer.

Here’s why I am asking you (Yes, YOU) to join with me in nominating @persiankiwi’s second to last tweet for best Tweet of the year

Despite the fact that @persiankiwi’s second to last tweet cannot win according to the current rules, nominating it and calling attention to the fact that you did that can in a great del for everyone involved. There is no downside or losers if we create a wave of nominations for #persiankiwi—except for the unconstitutional Iranian dictatorship.

What this free and easy act on your part can do is draw a great deal of attention and publicity to the cause of Freedom for Iran. This will also alert our own governments and Iran ’s to the fact that we continue to stand strong for the cause of Iranian Freedom.

Peter Cashmore and the people of mashable.com (@mashable) and Mororla are web savvy and publicity hip. If they are swamped with nominations for @persiankiwi for best YouTube video of the year they will recognize the value of the publicity for themselves and run with it. It works for them to either change their rule immediately or create a special award to commemorate the Tweet and/or the brave Iranians who use Social Media in 2009 for the cause of freedom.

Media such as CNN, ABC, NYT, etc., will also have what they crave for a story: authentication, as @persiankiwi’s Tweet stream is available for anyone to see on Twitter. Their story then becomes all about a Tweet and the people on social media who are swamping the nominations with @persiankiwi. We can even make #@persian kiwi become a Trending Topic on Twitter.

You can help make a difference, by a simple click in the blue button below that will cost you only a few moments of time.

@persiankiwi’s 2nd to last Tweet for Best Tweet of the Year

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Please Tweet about this blog and urge others to nominate others to nominate @persiankiwi’s next to last Tweet for Open Web Awards’ Tweet of the Year. Post this request on Facebook walls, on MySpace, in emails, plus whatever you can think of. Please add any ideas or ways you have helped promote to the comments below.

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Over the past few years many people have requested merchandise with Judy Rey Wasserman’s Post Conceptual UnGraven Image Art images — like the one’s found in the Art of Seeing The Divine books and seminars.

You know, the kind of merchandise found in museum shops and bookstores featuring work by Monet, Degas, van Gogh and, of course, Andy Warhol.

Genesis Beit Women’s shirt by judyrey
Shirts from Zazzle

Seems that collectors want to do more than own signed, numbered investment grade prints– they want to wear their art to the office, school, games and other events to display their art savvy and love of The Divine.

This is a sneak peek because there is much more to come — although there already is a great variety of items featuring the image of Genesis Beit  and the Dock less traveled on apparel for men, women, kids and babies, plus different styles of mugs, steins and even mouse pads.

Doc Less Traveled – UnGraven Image kidswear by judyrey
Get t shirts on zazzle.com

Suggestions for images, items and also any wording or slogans you would like to see on items are welcomed!

Genesis Beit KJV Mug -Regular size by judyrey

Note that all of the Zazzle items must be purchased through the Zazzle site and cannot be combined in a single order with the fine art signed and numbered prints featured on both the ungravenimage.com and www.artofseeingthedivine.com websites.

A great shout out of thanks to my artist friends on Twitter who have encouraged me and advised me re this Zazzle store. Especually to my pal and member of opur Facebook  Sharing a Transforming Vision Group,

You can use the widget in this post to navigate to the store– or go directly using this link: Judy Rey Wasserman’s UnGraven Image Zazzle store.

When I first became active on Twitter, during the last few days of October 2008, I quickly followed about 1000 people. I knew one person on Twitter so I sent him my one and only message until a few days later, and then followed the two people he followed, then the people they followed, then the people the followed… until I found someone who had about 20,000 followers and I then began to follow people who were following over 1000 people.

From the beginning, I was more interested in following than being followed.

I find people interesting, often surprisingly wonderful and I can learn from others. I already know the stuff I know.

Suddenly my email was filled with messages from people I was newly following on Twitter. At first this was fun. Then it became a tiresome chore as I answered each one. I was even checking out links!

I sat back and happily watched my stream for about three days until I saw a message about something on Twitter called a DM. One of my earliest messages, since I was watching not tweeting, was to ask what a DM was. I put the question out generally as I had no idea how to reply or ReTweet.

That is how I discovered my DMs. Or, as I refer to it today, my Dratted Messages of Spam.

Dratted Messages of Spam

As I waded through over a hundred messages, wondering which ones I’d seen and answered and if any were new, I noticed that over two thirds contained links. Since I am polite it seemed important to answer each person, even those who did not follow back.

Less than a year ago the situation in my DMs was easier to manage as bots were sending an individual’s messages, but the hucksters had not caught on to setting up dummy accounts and getting unsuspecting members to spew there offerings of games, “free gifts”, amazing ways to get 500 new followers daily sent by people who have under 500 followers, and other …well, stuff that is junk to me.

However, there were some very nice people sending simple thank you’s for a follow. There still are. Some of those thanks you’s are not automated.

I wondered if I should send thank you for the follow DMs too? It seemed like a lot of work as I still did not know of automated services on Twitter. What to do?

I had discovered @ChrisBrogan, who was and is one of the wisest and best Social Media advisers I know. I scanned through all my DMs, which I had not deleted as I thought they might come in handy somehow – and I did not have a DM from Chris. No DMs thinking me for a follow from any of the good Social Media advisers I knew or even those who had many followers.

I believe I scrolled through Chris Brogan’s (@ChrisBrogan ) web site looking to find advice. I may even have figured out how to reply to someone in order to ask his advice. I wanted to be polite to the people who had decided to follow me, which was then about 150, but I was looking to get out of writing 150 more emails!

What I discovered is that none of the people who are great social media advisers send DMs when someone follows them. I followed their lead. It has been very successful for me.

To date, I have only sent one DM for a follow, which was a heartfelt message without a link to a celebrity musician I admire. Soon after that he unfollowed me.

When someone follows me, I follow back. A follow is a kind of “Hello”. I do not use an automated service to do it so I can see their avatar, the most recent Tweet and even check out the profile page. I often check out links to websites after we are tweeting in the stream. Is easy to follow back as we can always unfollow.

When I meet someone and say “Hi” I never hope for a thank you , just a “Hi” back. Same goes for a follow. I have never wondered why someone I followed did not thank me, but I have wondered why they chose not to follow me back if our interests are obviously related. Oh, well…

How I Handle DMs that thank me for a follow

I read but immediately delete all DMs that include a link in the thank you but follow me back — except if the link is from a fellow visual artist, writer, filmmaker or musician who is clearly not sending an automated or buy-my-stuff message. Those are the only links that I will check. I may even respond.

I immediately unfollow everyone who sends a spammy link but fails to follow me back.

I do this very quickly before they have a chance to catch up with the speed of their automated message and follow me back. I also delete the message.

I do try to respond back via DMs usually to those who send a thank you without a link.

People who mention my art and website or Tweets—showing that the message is not automated will generally get a reply.

People who use True Twit validation service have a strong chance of my unfollowing them.

If they have a nice smiling avatar and seem really new to Twitter I may follow the link and fill out the captcha, but I’m wondering if this person is worth following since they can’t be bothered to simply check out my stream and follower count themselves.

True Twit is a service that people subscribe to in order to make sure they do not follow back spammers. While the idea is good, since it is an automated service that also sends an automated message, I find it annoying although ironic. Even more ironic is that when one follows the link True Twit is pitching there service. So in essence it a kind of spammy link that the unsuspecting True Twit subscribers are sending automatically to DMs.

The simple way for anyone to check if a follower or someone you’re considering following is not a spammer, but interesting to you is to look at their stream. Plus, anyone with over 5,000 followers is probably not a spammer.

Yet, the need for someone to check out who is real to follow back exists. Probably some clever VA’s will step on and provide this service, which cannot be done by a bot. Or True Twit will figure out a way to validate accounts of recognized good Twitterers so those people never see or get the DM with the link to True Twit again.

Some of the True Twit users do just also follow back, but their automated message arrives in my DMs anyway. Those who do not manage to figure out that I am real and use no bots on Twitter I simply unfollow after a few days so that I can follow others who want a relationship.

I hang in with people have not followed back but send the bot message in DMs, “You can join the discussion by sending a message to @ “mytwitterID.”

This is a really dumb message that newbies are duped into sending by some bot service. This message infers that the follower is not already joining in discussions, which is dumb, because they did manage to find the sender to follow.

But, I was a newbie once, so now I wait a period of three days. If the newbie has not followed back, I unfollow. I might continue to follow if the Tweets were really interesting, funny or informative, but so far this has not happened. What we had potentially going was some relationship and that involves two way communications.

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OK. Now you know how I handle thank you’s regarding DMs.

Follow me, I’m @judyrey . I will follow you back—and you know I won’t DM you with a thank you or link. I never send an unrequested shortened link in a DM.

And importantly, next it’s your turn.

Voice your opinions and ideas in the comments below. What works for you? What do you agree with or like? What do you do differently? Several of my blogs re Twitter have become a kind of ongoing discussion, which benefits the community.

Please do include your Twitter ID in the body of your comment so people can follow you!

From birth until we mature we follow the rules, often seen as restrictions of our caregivers and providers. While children may rankle under the rules, many are for their own good, such as being forbidden as a young child to run out into a busy street or play with fire.

Slowly our caregivers’ personal rules for us diminish and become more like those held by our society, such as the prohibition against stealing.

Along the way to maturity we may acquire personal rules, from following the examples of others or due to traumatic events. When these rules are held unconsciously, and seem to be some kind of natural law they can be problematical and inhibit our personal freedom.

Any beliefs (rules) that inhibit freedom tend to also be intolerant. They make us feel and act intolerant towards ourselves and others.

For instance, an unfortunately common belief is, “I am worthless”. As a former counselor, I have heard that one many times. In reality it is other nonsense, but it can derail a person from achieving their dreams and personal freedom. When enough people hold these kinds of a beliefs in a society, the door is opened for a tyrannical government to take control.

Negative and often unconsciously held beliefs are always intolerant. They are intolerant of growth. Growth involves “falling on one’s butt—that’s how we learn to walk and do anything. “Failure” is often a learning experience that is a necessary to move forward. Negative beliefs seem to protect us from failure but really inhibit growth.

Negative beliefs are intolerant of our successes, as no matter what, the compare our success to some greater achievement often by someone else.

The negative beliefs are easily also intolerant of others. The more a person feels insignificant and out of control the more they will tend to act superior and try to control others. Plus the more critical they will be of what they decide are others weaknesses and failures.

Unfortunately, people seek the comfort of what is familiar, even negativity as it seems “safe” although miserable. After all, we may be miserable but we know we can survive as such.

Recently studies have shown that negative thinking can alter one’s brain. On the other side, conscious positive thinking, prayer and meditation also alter the brain, but these effects promote brain health.

Until recently, the way out of negative thoughts seemed to be rehashing them to discover the root, which was an ever ongoing process, much like peeling an onion as it brought tears. Of course, one could take medications, such as Prozac or self medicate liquor or with illegal drugs in an attempt to dull the pain.

We have new techniques in addition to meditation and prayer, such as EFT and the Sedona method, plus the new Awakened Vision, which also easily produces changes in the brain by using vision.

A person who experiences personal freedom is a blessing to their family, friends and society. People who feel in control of themselves are free to be tolerant of others.

It is far easier to be tolerant and forgiving when faced with a person who is upset when memories of other unresolved time people were upset with one—like authority figures are not unconsciously re stimulated and added to the new moment.

When you actually see the person before you without the barrier of eyeglasses made of old memories, hurts and resentments problems become simpler to resolve.

Whether on a personal or societal basis, freedom always involves cost. If nothing else freedom costs time and energy. Freedom is participatory and requires consciousness. Comfort and freedom are not true friends until being challenged to be one’s best seems comfortable.

“If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.” — Thomas Edison

Washington went through a living hell at Valley Forge. It was bitter cold. He and his men lacked for warm clothing, shelter and provisions. And, yet he was free to be his best. He rose to the occasion, somehow becoming an inspiration to his me, encouraging them by his example.

After Washington won the war he continued to set the example of a free man. He showed tolerance to those of other faiths, including Jews, which was also revolutionary in its time. He supported the idea that all free men would be allowed to vote.

Finally, and perhaps most importantly for democracy, by example he established the idea of term limits. Unlike kings, emperors and other rulers—including I our own time, Washington saw himself as a public servant. When Washington declined to run for a third term his action rivaled that shot heard ‘round the world. He purposefully gave away his power.

Anyone who is trying—or succeeding to control other adults by force, emotional blackmail, threats or any other form of coercion does not feel free but is overwhelmed by negative beliefs and feelings that seem to be out of control.

The person who feels most threatened and least in control is usually some kind of bully. This is true for people we experience as family, friends or in business as it is for those in leadership positions in organizations of religion, culture, education and government.

George Washington saw himself as a free man. His actions and diary reveal him to be a free man who was inspired, challenged and comforted by his beliefs. As such, he had no need to control others. True leaders inspire, and ultimately their power grows beyond the boundaries of their mortality.

Being free does not require talent, above average intelligence, wealth or the right connections in one’s society. It does require rising to the challenge with courage and taking the actions necessary to change oneself and exercise one’s freedom, plus encourage others to gain freedom too.

“Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.” — George Washington

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The most natural form of communication is interaction. Newborns communicate with their caregivers, who communicate back. Throughout most of human history immediate interaction was only possible when people were in close proximity. This communication can involve the most senses, as we see, hear, smell and perhaps touch and even taste (for instance, kiss) each other. It is our basic, essential form of communication.

Our predominant sense is visual. Over 60 % of a healthy human brain’s space is dedicated to visual perception. The second favored perception is sound.

A Brief History of How Media Developed

The earliest methods of communication that traveled over great distance were based on sight and sound. One could send signals through smoke from a high place or via musical instruments such as horns, such as a ram’s horn or a drum. However, these messages had to be simple, complex ideas could not be communicated.

Messengers could be sent, but the original message might not be identical to the one conveyed. Pictures could also be sent with a messenger to show the idea(s) behind the message. The earliest writing was a form of art known as pictographs. Sight and sound, including art and music, continued to be the primary methods for communicating information.

Since only a few people could read, a paradigm for communication from one individual or a group to another group developed. Essentially information was received by one media distributor, which then broadcasts it to the community.

Until the late nineteenth century, distance equaled communication delay. News traveled slowly. When news arrived it was communicated by calling the people together in some way. After the printing press was invented more people learned to read so local newspapers and print media became the way of disseminating the news.

The invention of the telegraph meant news traveled faster, but it was still disseminated via word of mouth and print. Telephones allowed for more information to be quickly conveyed, but only top one person from one person. Mass news dissemination still continued to rely on printed media.

Radio and then television changed that. News could be delivered as it was breaking by reporters who were on the spot. Printed media and movie reels were used for more in-depth coverage plus editorial opinions.

While a few people were able to make their views known via books, art and films reaching many people, the majority of people could only influence those in their own immediate circle. Access to large scale publishing and broadcasting was limited or expensive. The advertising industry blossomed into mega profits as companies paid information channels to disseminate “news” of their products. Few individuals can afford a major media advertising and PR campaign to make their news and views known.

This paradigm can be useful and effectively convey important information that people need to survive or make their lives better.

Dictators, both political and religious use this type of communication have used this paradigm to control people. The fewer media distributors there are, the easier it is to control what information people receive.

The people who control the channel(s) that broadcast information to any group basically control the group. When many differing, even conflicting, channels of information are available the group or society enjoys more freedom.

Enter the World Wide Web

From its beginning, the world wide web allowed people to send messages and images quickly over a distance. People could “chat” even with total strangers, post messages to bulletin boards and create their own web sites. One could meet more people, but it was difficult to create any interesting or meaningful communication with more than one or just a few people via email.

The original paradigm of news being sent to a source, such as a town crier or newspaper, radio or television show, which then conveys the information to the community, remained the same.

Blogggers Begin the Media Shift

The early blogs were much like web sites where anyone could easily voice their opinions. When the technology developed that easily allowed for comments the paradigm began to shift. Anyone could write a comment, which is posted, and often replied to by the blogger and further commented upon by others.

New kinds of news and magazine sites developed where breaking news stories were immediately posted and commented upon. Bloggers, some of whom were journalists and reporters, were uncovering news and making ideas and information known that was then picked up by the old, regular media of newspapers, TV, radio and magazines.

A New Paradigm Emerges from New Media of Blogs and Online News and Magazine sites

Blogs and online magazines and news sites that encourage comments are understood to be New Media. The paradigm has shifted from the old one way flow of information to a two way, responsive communication flow.

The degree of the shift for any site depends on the amount of freedom allowed in the comments. My blogs, and most of the ones I frequent and post comments to allow people to voice any opinion as long as it is on the topic, does not use profanity and is not raciest, sexist, treasonous, etc.

Again the amount of freedom is indicated by the number of information sources plus the degree of conflicting information allowed. Recently, I have seen several blogs here individual comments could qualify as blog articles, as they were that long and well conceived.

A recent development is that individuals can subscribe to updates on comments to any individual blog via email. This lessens the time lag and allows for further dialogue, although it is not as immediate a chat, or Twitter.

New Media is Social and Quickly Responsive

New Media functions to allow more of the essential original communication paradigm experience for groups.

Social media sites like Ustream and similar sites are currently the best New Media platforms but only when they are broadcasting in real time . In real time these broadcasts include interactive keyboarded chats where participants and audiences interact freely with one another, as well as phone in availability. Ustream and sites like it, have the capacity to actively involve more people communicating, engaging the senses of sight and sound in real time.

Twitter , Tumblr , Facebook and sites that have the capacity to allow many viewers to simultaneously message and exchange information in real time conversations potentially including many participants are the second best examples of New Media. All of these sites are also called Social Media.

A fourth communication paradigm shows the interaction possible on sites like Ustream, Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook. Notice how it resembles the original paradigm.

Can Old Media Survive?

Old Media is floundering in our new age of immediate interconnectedness. Many print newspapers, including The New York Times are desperately chasing lagging readership and advertising revenues. These are being blamed on the economy, instead of being recognized as a problem with adapting to the new paradigm.

Of course, most Old Media is founded on the paradigm of their own superior expertise and information. The slogan, “All The News That’s Fit To Print” implies a superiority of knowing what information we need to know.

Old Media seems to have an ongoing message and position of, “You Need Our Opinion and Information, We Don’t Need or Want Yours.” This worked before we had the technology to allow for inter-connectivity.

When old media goes online it basically replicates its ongoing print presentation. This may seem to provide immediate additional advertising and even subscription streams of revenue, but it hurries the demise of the newspaper, magazine or television show itself. In the long run all that is accomplished is legitimizing the relevancy of obtaining pertinent information from an online information source.

Consumers shift to participate with a welcoming, responsive interconnected New Media Site with similar information. During the recent Tony Awards the Times was busily updating it’s site and had the news online at it’s site almost immediately—but not as quickly as Twitter members who were busily messaging each other with the news and their views.

But, imagine the traffic the Times would have had if they had hosted a chat, or Ustream style event with one of their top theatre critics from their web site during the Tony’s show!

For Old Media to survive it must focus on immediately opening and encouraging streams of social interaction to its communications, become quickly responsive to customers far beyond support desk help through meaningful dialogue. The old paradigm that can be understood as: “Me to you and you and you and you…” – must be replaced by “Us.”

How Oprah, Larry King and Local ABC News NYC Became New Media

Two years ago I wandered into Oprah Winfreys’s web site . Back then it was already a hub of interaction and connectivity. Members have blogs, discussion groups were active, and could contain comments that criticized or disagreed with Ms. Winfrey or any of her guests. From her television show, Oprah frequently asks viewers to go to the web site to receive a special bonus, participate in discussions. Regular viewers appear as guests on the show via Skype. Oprah has done shows on social media, Tweets from Twitter and has a Facebook fan page. The audience is made to feel that their opinions are valued and that they could be active participants and participate with Oprah and her staff.

Larry King – @ kingsthings and also other CNN hosts such as Anderson Cooper encourage comments and questions via the CNN web site and Twitter where they are @kingsthings and @andersoncooper . Larry King reads and answers some of these audience communications on his show. King listeners often call into his show, which is common in radio, but not in a live national show.

Nightline also makes great use of Twitter via < a href=:’http://twitter.com/Nightline”>@Nightline. They regularly Tweet with links to their stories, reply to members and ReTweet others’ messages. Where Nightline stands out ion their Twitter Profile page . Here a “LEGAL NOTICE” warns that any message, can and may be used , including on their television show. What an invitation to participate! Plus, The Nightline web site encourages visitors to comment on shows and those comments are shown.

Where I live local ABC late Night News leads into Nightline anchor Bill Ritter ( @eyewitnessbill ) and others on his team are Twitter members. They respond to tips sent to them through Twitter and their web site. Unlike The Times, Ritter often replies to those who Tweet to him. This news team reads comments from Twitter followers on-air, asks for input and works to make their news somewhat interactive and responsive, from news stories to suggestions for their & On Your Side Consumer Investigations the audience is encouraged to participate.

New Media is a Choice

In essence all media are information distribution channels. For any media to be and remain viable it must be a source of meaningful information, which can include entertainment. This is a cornerstone for both New and Old Media.

Thanks to today’s technological breakthroughs New Media can follow an exciting new paradigm that allows for social interconnectedness between audience members and media source, real time or fast responsiveness for potentially vast amounts of world-wide participants. New media is so social and participatory that at web sites like Digg and Stumbleupon people nominate and vote on their favorite news stories.

New Media is a seminar with a leader or facilitator where the chairs are in a circle and many participants, including the leader come prepared with the latest information, but everyone is encouraged to contribute ideas and questions. Old Media is an unresponsive authority, a professor lecturing from his notes to people he ignores in his lecture hall. When the information communicated is identical, which would you choose?