I am following the Iranian massive rally. As far as Iran’s history is concern, this massive rally is by far the most well attended and dramatic. I am maybe bias in the sense that there is no twitter or internet in the past. Thus, people are very much unaware of the recent events in their respective places. After all, this is a decade where huge information are being shared to a lot of people. How Iranians communicate to stage a massive rally like this.
They are able to come with this kind of gathering, because social media is the instrument. CNN tells us that USA is manning the Iranian Political Drama through twitter and Facebook, since the Iranian Govt. shut down all News Sites. It is cheap, ready to use, and can be delivered anywhere and everywhere. As you can see, these people are tired of old ways. They wanted reforms. They wanted freedom and of course jobs. How can Amadinejad give them jobs if they themselves would go to UAE or other places to look for jobs. In order for them to gain their aspirations, they have to change the system first.
This is the reason why the Iranian mullahs are very much afraid of Twitter and Facebook compared to US incursions or Israeli attacks. Look at the diagram, how these protesters market their protests to other Iranians and to the world. These people became the journalists of our times.
If the Iranian military will annihilate this thousands of live bodies more and more people will storm and rally on the streets. The Clerics must quickly extinguish the fire before these people will attempt to overthrow the Iranian clergy. Thus, it is wise to say the Election results this year are null an void than saying it is absolutely free from anomalies.
Do you think they can accumulate without much support if twitter and other social media tools are non-existent? Perhaps, it will be just another ordinary rally. But what makes this rally as extra-ordinary is that common people can now report directly to the world about what really happen. Iran cannot block or filter news as what they had done before. This is the age of transparency. Big brother knows what you are doing now.
If Iran is successfully opening up towards globalization. Then it is now truly living in its own freedom. Saudi Arabia will brace for itself, because the Persians are leaping forward to a more healthy and vibrant democracy.
Social Media help a lot by calling to attention. What we learn from their own experience is that liars, con men, and bad people are deem to be expose no matter how they hide themselves from the prying eyes of social media saviors. We really learn social media from this scenario.
Posted by Jay Dy 
