One of the items about the Boston Marathon bombing and ensuing investigation last week that is only now coming to light was just how badly the vaunted "social media" world botched it. I am one of the minority who think that Facebook is pretty much for idiots, and Twitter for those who can't rise up to the low level of Facebook standards.
However the botched mess that Reddit users and others made and the possibly significant damage they caused to the investigation is only now coming to light. Ironically, the 'information should be free' folks may have done more than enough to assure that will be less true in future high-profile investigations.
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