Case#1: Woman saved from committing suicide
A woman tweeted about committing suicide and directed one such tweet to Demi Moore at @mrskutcher. It said, “@mrskutcher getting a knife, a big one that is sharp. Going to cut my arm down the whole arm so it doesn’t waste time”.
Source: abcnews.go.com
Case#2: Twitter comes to the rescue of people tired of waiting for train
Ravi Pina- a tech enthusiast and sufferer at the hand of Caltrain, created a twitter account at @Caltrain. Now the riders on board can send latest updates about the whereabouts of train to @Caltrain which is then broadcasted to all the followers. Simple but effective! Interestingly, official Caltrain employees have fully embraced @caltrain.
Source: tales.twitter.com
Case#3: Man travels for free around the world
- Ferry ticket from Newcastle to Amsterdam (tweeter called Leanne)
- Train to Paris (two French tweeters)
- Free bed at a hostel
- Train to Saarbrucken
- Lift in car to Frankfurt (German tweeter Andrea Juchem)
- One-way flight from Frankfurt to New York (tweeter called Owen, using Air Miles)
- Spare bed in hotel room (tweeter from Yorkshire called Mark)
- Travel and stay in Washington DC, Chicago and San Francisco by plane, train and car (US tweeters)
- Flight to San Francisco (Zurich-based tweeter)
- Car to Los Angeles
- Free flight from LA to Auckland (Air New Zealand)
- Ferry to South Island
- Lift to tip of South Island (tweeter called Smiley)
- Sailed to Stewart Island.
Source: telegraph.co.uk
Strange how kind people can be to total strangers! I am planning a trip to Pune, Mumbai and Delhi. Any tweeple here ;)?
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9 Comments
This is great information. I haven’t heard of any of this events….Anyway i really understood the power of those 140 characters when sashi taroor lost his ‘minister’ position 🙂
Lolz.. and don’t forget Lalit Modi 😀
Yeah, these 140 characters are very powerful worldwide. Nice article.
Yes you are right Khalid. Time and again Twitter has showed its power.
Thanks for commenting 🙂
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BTW very nice collections dude….i love ur article
Thanks buddy 🙂
Wow! I would like to travel the world for free too!! The 140 chars are really powerful in so many ways, like your first example. People pour out emotions on the internet and strangers can help.
I alwayz luv ur articles dear….gr8 collection
i also heard . that a US traveller was saved form IRAN prison by tweeting just minutes before his arrest.