Kyrgyz (non-colored) Revolution – In Progress and Being Twittered
The Monkey Cage | Joshua Tucker
So no sooner had I finished reading Erik’s post about the use of Twitter among the Egyptian opposition did I see breaking news about a potential government takeover (takedown? overthrow?) in Kyrgyzstan (see here and here). As the events were in progress, my next instinct was to go to Twitter to see if I could get more information in real time. Sure enough #Kyrgyzstan is up and running, with what looks to be 3-5 posts coming in per minute. (There is also #freekg, which seems to have more Russian posts, and thus may be a better source for on the ground information).