[Vicky.]

Excuse me, I have followed this trial the whole way through. Niamh brought it to my attention in the early stages

And I have not seen anyone call anyone else a follower either. I have not read through all the tweets obviously as there are so many of them, but those I did read, it was pretty clear that they DID know about the case. The ones posting 'Ibelieveher' and nothing else..or totally irrelevant nonsense, I suspect may have been doing it for followers in most cases, as is the case with most trending hashtags.

Again though, I do not understand why everyone is supposed to just shut up when its a rape trial once a verdict is reached, when its fine to talk about other publicized cases

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Excuse me, I have followed this trial the whole way through. Niamh brought it to my attention in the early stages

And I have not seen anyone call anyone else a follower either. I have not read through all the tweets obviously as there are so many of them, but those I did read, it was pretty clear that they DID know about the case. The ones posting 'Ibelieveher' and nothing else..or totally irrelevant nonsense, I suspect may have been doing it for followers in most cases, as is the case with most trending hashtags.

Again though, I do not understand why everyone is supposed to just shut up when its a rape trial once a verdict is reached, when its fine to talk about other publicized cases

It's not that people are supposed to shut up, or "supposed" to do anything really, I'd just rather see considered dialogue than spammed twitter crap.

For example... I don't buy the official line on the McCann case at all and I don't have any issue seeing it discussed. But I'm not on Twitter spamming "HASHTAG IT WUZ GERRY!"

It grumbles my goose. Because its for thick people. Basically.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

It's not that people are supposed to shut up, or "supposed" to do anything really, I'd just rather see considered dialogue than spammed twitter crap.

For example... I don't buy the official line on the McCann case at all and I don't have any issue seeing it discussed. But I'm not on Twitter spamming "HASHTAG IT WUZ GERRY!"

It grumbles my goose. Because its for thick people. Basically.

If all it is is spammed twitter crap then how will that equate to a crackdown on freedom of speech, social networking and the internet in general as an outcome?

Why would the govt care if some doofi posted a hashtag...or changed their profile picture for a day. it's hardly highly organised civil disobedience is it?