per’s posterous

ReTweet Revolution is a visual exploration of the most popular conversation threads that were passed amongst Twitter users at the time of the events following the Iranian elections in June of 2009. Twitter served as an incredibly engaging mechanism to disseminate information on the riots and protests that were taking place around the world. Its realtime qualities enables information to rapidly spread between users, while its personal style drives a sense of emotional involvement to the events. This piece aims to help viewers grasp which of the messages were chosen to be passed on by millions of twitter users, and how they were manipulated along the way. I strongly believe that the true revolution lies in how this medium lets people relate to news in an engaged manner. This is what I set out to explore by creating this visualization. http://giladlotan.org/viz/iranelection/