Why do we tweet?

 If you haven't read this, I recommend it.

http://www.latentexistence.me.uk/sue-marsh-given-wrong-drug-and-nurse-refused-to-change-it-agony-instead-of-pain-relief/

I have only just got to it today, having spent the last week buried under a mountain of essay writing. There was a comment that got to me, and got me thinking. Here is a screenshot..

Basicaly this person doesn't believe that Sue would have access to a phone or tweet in hospital, especially in certain areas.

Having read the tweets it reminded me of a week ago, where I had a very bad experience on the bus.

https://twitter.com/#!/allbigideas/status/199858375981400064


https://twitter.com/#!/allbigideas/status/199864642565177344

I tweeted it, and as the second tweet shows, it was the only way I got through it. By tweeting about it it became political, not personal. It was disablist of the bus driver to treat me like that, and it was wrong. By putting into public it didn't stay within me, but became a part of everyones struggle and another reason why we need to see changes.

Twitter is a fantastically enabling environment. You only need to look at the hashtag #frombedactivism. 
to see why (theres a better hashtag I just cant rememberit). The concept behind this is that even from your 'sickbed' you can still make a difference, your voice can still be heard. Twitter is only 140 characters. If you have to dictate it, speak it, one finger type it, its still possible. You can use a mobile, a netbook, a laptop, a pc, a tablet etc etc. to get your voice heard. It works, you only need to look to spartacus report to see the power of twitter.

As someone from the hardest hit rally that Iwent to last october said in her TV interview... "this is the only thing thats making me feel better, that Im doing something about it"  (1.40)http://s516.photobucket.com/albums/u327/LuciasWoodhouse/Hardest%20hit%20Leeds/?action=view&current=FirefoxScreenSnapz001.mp4