Friday, 13 April 2012

THE POWER OF TWITTER

It's quiet fascinating to  hear that Social Media users are utilizing them in a good way instead of what is done by most of celebrities the likes of  Nonhle Thema (the former Channel O presenter) and Kim Kardishian (American Socialite and TV Personality) who are using Twitter to bad-mouth other celebrities.Twitter saved a Joburg man who was trapped in his car boot after being hijacked over the weekend

The man was driving through Honeydew at about 9pm on Saturday when two armed men hijacked his Golf 3. They forced him into the into the boot of the car and sped off.But Hijackers forgot one thing his cellphone inside the boot.The man sent an sms to his girlfriend alerting her that he has been hijacked he needs help.Then  minutes later Tanisha Reddy a friend of his girlfriend sent the message to the cyber police basher and the famous road block exposer PigSpotter, the message was tweeted as follows "Please RT @PigSpotter my friend was just hijacked and is in the boot of his car, Honeydew area reg no thDSS041GP Golf 3 maroon in colour."
The cry for help was re tweeted again and again by PigSpotter's more than 109 000 followers - including members of the private security industry. They immediately began rallying their resources. At around 11:08 the man was found in his car in Ventersburg 250 km South of Honeydew.
http://www.iol.co.za/motoring/industry-news/twitter-helps-save-hijack-victim-1.1272882

These outcome clearly shows that the POWER OF SOCIAL NETWORK can do more besides just chatting and advertising business. Lets keep on using Social Media to help people instead of swearing them.



RELEASE YOUR VOICE

L.Buthelezi
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11 comments:

  1. Pebetse13 April 2012 at 13:07

    hmmmmm it is very intresting to knw that twiiter is not for updating status of how you are feeling or selling a product to your followers but also helping to prevent crime and trace criminals nice research

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  2. STRAIGHT TALK WITH LORRAINE17 April 2012 at 13:12

    We really underestimate the power of social media, its time we stop being stereotyped and actually realise that social media is not only about fun, but also serious issues and business.

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  3. maryjoe17 April 2012 at 13:21

    are people aware of this or just people that tweet?

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  4. Phemelo Dibodu17 April 2012 at 13:29

    This is a remarkable story, but when will another criminal be so nice as to leave a victim with their cellphone, he could of been killed if they found the phone

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    1. Nic Mmako17 April 2012 at 14:52

      True, this is not something that happens everyday - it may get worse next time!

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  5. Seth Maphike18 April 2012 at 09:59

    Wow!! The revelations of social media I bet we are still goin’ to hear more of such stories...as for Nonhle whats up with this woman? Morale is one of those ‘chilled’ upcoming local celebrities. Just heard of the story in passing don’t know the details but one thing for sure judging from afar Nonhle’s American psyche is messing with her head.

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  6. MEERKAT GRIND18 April 2012 at 13:08

    You have a very interesting point. but you have to understand that social media is also ment to help people voice their opinions on certain issues

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  7. Miss Alter18 April 2012 at 15:07

    this is very intersting indeed..something to think about.

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  8. Unknown18 April 2012 at 17:29

    Who could have thought, it is true that most of us use the social networks to express how we feel but it is beyond our physical feelings..they can be used to cry out for help too..I am impressed, this is an interesting blog.

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  9. Unknown19 April 2012 at 14:52

    this blog is very educational because most of us tend to tweet about how we feel and what we are up to not about the important things.very interesting i must say.

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