Social Streets in Revolutionary Egypt
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Social Streets in
Revolutionary EgyptTarek Amr
@gr33ndata
Internet Revolution?
Right After the Revolution
Online Offline
Not Really An Internet Revolution
• Egypt's Internet penetration rate grew from less than one percent in 2000, to 5% in 2004, and to 24% in 2009
• Illiteracy rate in Egypt is about 40%
Map the Internet to Real World
Facebook Wall
TweetShare3 - Tweets
• Topics already active on Twitter
• Twitter/Facebook Group where topics are chosen/voted
• Political and Social topics
TweetShare3 - @Users
• Self Funded• Members abroad
participate via sending money
• Researches• Creative Artists (Flyers)• Video Documenting• Recruiting
TweetShare3 - Retweets
• 7 Governorates (States)• Anyone can
join/replicate the work• Currently looking for
ways for people to retweet the discussions to their family/friends
TweetShare3 - Followers
• Streets, gas stations, etc.• Sometimes they meet
same people again and see their feedback
• People like that they are not members of any parties
• Government propaganda scares people of them sometimes (spies)