18 days after January 25, 2011, President Hosni Mubarak stepped down after 30 years of power. This revolution was aided though the use of social media. Which raises the question: where might social media aid another revolution?
Of course, I can’t give you an accurate prediction of the location of the next social media revolution. However, how we achieve change has been altered forever. Previous revolutions were successful without the use of the internet, yet through sites like Twitter and Facebook, we can expect to see revolutions happen much faster. This is due to the ability to move information faster than ever before. In this case, Tahrir Square could have been filled with protesters without the use of social media. But do to social media; the square was filled with people faster than what one would think possible.
Last week, when I heard that Mubarak was going to step down from power in 6 months I thought that he made that claim in an attempt to stop the protests. But as it turned out, he resigned just a few days later. Should we thank social media for his expedited resignation?
I think that social media most likely had a lot to do with Mubarak's expedited resignation. I agree with you that with social media protesters can get their points of view across much quicker than the days when protestors did not have forms of social media available. I actually think this is a good thing, but it can be a bit frightening when thinking about how quickly something can happen on the Internet. Protests may occur even more than before, because now it is so easy to protest and speak out via social media outlets.
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