Safe or Not? Online Forums Inform Citizens About Drinkable Water and More
From BBC - China feels the quake online: "One man walked to Chengdu from an area very close to the epicentre of the earthquake.
On the way to the city he took photographs of deep fissures in the ground, collapsed buildings and abandoned vehicles with his mobile phone.
His photographs were uploaded onto a local bulletin board in Sichuan province.
Another Sichuan forum reports on volunteers getting to the earthquake zone. People on this community comment on rumours circulating about the water quality in Sichuan and reassure one another that drinking water is in fact safe.
Sites previously used for light-hearted social networking such as this food, drink and friendship site for Sichuan now carry banners lamenting "Tragedy in Sichuan".....
Global voices has a posted selection of microbloggers by region, including a comprehensive list of posters from Sichuan. The phenomenon of sharing information and support via sites such as Twitter and Fanfou has been well-documented in the media recently, with the BBC writing a blog post about it and the Ogilvy China Digital Watch blog observing that: "Twitter's public nature was of some real value both for ordinary folk and for professional journalists." "
-photo from BBC
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