It was fascinating to see how people responded on Twitter to the faked elections in Iran. The people on Twitter were among the first to report on what was going on in Iran. Quite a while before the conventional media caught on. Twitter users even started bashing CNN for not picking up the story. #CNNfail became a heavily used tag for a while. It is true that Twitter brought the Iran situation to the attention.

Something just didn’t feel right about it though. Call me a cynic, but I couldn’t believe that so many people were suddenly interested in the fate of Iran. I think it’s quite safe to say that before these elections most of the (Twittering) world couldn’t have cared less about what happens to Iran.

I wasn’t very surprised when I clicked the profile of a few of these ‘protesters’ and found quite a few could be considered Valley girls and boys. The majority of them American I wonder how outraged they were about the last couple of American elections…

Twitter is fashionable and what’s easier than supporting a good cause from your arm chair?