Hearing an amazing talk at #CHI2016 about ways that social media sustained the umbrella revolution:
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a) social media mobilized longstanding personal networks into participation in the protests during the umbrella revolution
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b) social media in the umbrella movement was used to resolve disagreements & coordinate reaction to pressures (like roadblocks) over 79 days
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...unfortunately, Facebook and Whatsapp weren't able to support voting or collective decisionmaking when there were disagreements
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This fascinating paper on social media in the umbrella movement was by
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@natematias @loveandirony @bsemaan Someone please send me that paper. That is my exact thesis for other movements. Will send my papers. :-D
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