Twitter power in Scunthorpe
14 July 2011 by fans64
Tweeting,use of message boards ,facebook and email campaigns are really starting to make a difference locally as to how public figures go about their business.
Locally most of our politicians and journalists have a titter feed or a blogging account somewhere which they use on a daily basis.This has given the general public quicker and greater access to them and it's a two way street,t he public can now post a message to their twitter account and are 90% sure it will be seen within an hour or so.
The campaign to oust Elliot thieving Morley was born online several people met through Facebook and formed a small committee who petitioned in the town center and got great media coverage which ultimately forced him to step down.
As an Iron fan I have been involved with a message board for several years and have seen many of the ideas and discussions on the site acted upon by the club ,either mentioned in the main media or actually taking up the suggestions made,they do not always react favorably, but they do react.
More recently an email campaign was conducted by Iron Bru members about the unfair policy on broadcasting all Hull city games on the much better FM frequency with the Iron having the very poor DAB or MW reception in this area, it was an emotive subject and after only a couple of weeks pressure the BBC reacted and agreed that away games should be given the priority on FM this was a major climb down al brought about by local social media.
Most recently we have twitter and the Ashby fish pond,all traditional methods of incident reporting were seemingly being ignored but a few people with Twitter access and a local Blogging site ,Visit Scunthorpe, created such a wall of embarrassment and public pressure the council and EA were forced to act .
Twitter is by far the quickest way yet of getting a reaction or response.It has changed the way Politicians react, it's very public arena and is making these people more open while at the same time massively more accountable.
I think for the 1st time in my life the politicians are truly having to serve.
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