Use online social networking to save lives in Haiti
Right when you thought Twitter was only good for online social networking for business and for catchup with old friends, one Web site is using it for a noble cause. According to Cnet.com, Haiti Live, is using Twitter to have users collect information on the Haiti crisis, such as medical supplies locations and infrastructure status, to distribute to relief workers in Haiti.
Josh Rosen created Haiti Live and three others sites that have Twitter feeds in less than a day after the crisis happened, according to Cnet.com. Rosen is a Web company entrepreneur, who used one of his sites to register 300,000 Americans to vote in the 2004 elections. Now he is hoping to have thousands of people contribute to his sites’ Twitter feeds to help Haiti relief workers. One of his partner sites, using this powerful online social networking tool, has already attracted 10,000 unique visits since Jan. 19.
No longer can someone say that Twitter is only good for online social networking. If you want to contribute to the cause then visit Haiti Live and become a part of the relief effort.
