Maybe it goes without saying at this point, but it turns out that Twitter was one of the first places people went to react to Michael Jackson's death. The usual celebrity suspects weighed in almost immediately: Ashton Kutcher tweeted, "Rip Sending love and light to family and friend but especially his kids." John Mayer wrote, "I think we'll mourn his loss as well as the loss of ourselves as children listening to Thriller on the record player." They apparently weren't the only ones chiming in with condolences. Paid Content reported yesterday that Twitter's search engine was swamped in the aftermath of Jackson's passing, with the site at one point disabling the search field on user's home page. Twitter co-founder Biz Stone told the LA Times: "We saw an instant doubling of tweets per second the moment the story broke….This particular news about the passing of such a global icon is the biggest jump in tweets per second since the U.S. presidential election." Who out there turned to Twitter when they first heard the news?
Twitter, along with AIM and other sites crashed yesterday. It’s great to see technology a way for people to communicate and get informed, but when they crash…really makes us feel helpless doesn’t it?
http://tvdonewright.com/2009/06/26/cbs-launches-project-l-e-n-o-to-promote-10-pm-timeslot/
Today I am remembering my love for the pop icon. You can say what you want about him but I will always remember him like this:
http://tinyurl.com/everything-MJ
I tweeted the second I heard the news. Unfortunately, because of all the traffic, my tweet never go through.
That’s how I first heard about it. Andy Roddick tweeted about it and I immediately began checking Google News to see if it was true.
I found out the same way lefty did. I had just gotten home from work and went to Twitter and read Andy Roddick’s tweet about MJ passing. Such an interesting age we live in.
My family feels so connected to Michael Jackson becuse, we are from Gary, we are from large families – 8 in ours and 9 in his, and we share the same last name. May God bless Michael Jackson and his family during this time of such personal lost them as well as for the world.
raises hand. saw harvey levin’s post first from tmz.
For Immediate Release: June 26, 2009
Re: Psychologist Pens “Bittersweet” Tribute to Michael Jackson: Addresses psychological significance of star’s life/death
Canadian-born Californian singer/songwriter/psychologist, Dr BLT has penned a song about Michael Jackson called “Goodbye Michael Jackson (Bittersweet Legacy)” that offers a social psychological perspective on Michael Jackson as a pop culture phenomenon. The song brings out Jackson’s demons and alleged demons as well as his triumphs.
It can be heard here:
Goodbye Michael Jackson (Bittersweet Legacy)
Dr BLT
words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2009
http://www.drblt.net/music/GoodbyeMJDemom.mp3
A full-length version is available here:
http://www.drblt.net
And psychological commentary and discussion on the subject is offered here:
Psychology Comes Alive
http://www.psychologycomesalive.com
For more information:
Contact Dr BLT at:
drblt@drblt.net
I found out about it from twitter. SO yeah.
it really was amazing to watch this spread online, i found out and looked and NO news site had it picked up, then slowly LA Times reported he was hospitalized but online sources and TMZ had it confirmed dead for an hour at that point. . . here is more info about it spreading online:
http://www.olivestudio.com/branch/?p=549
I one of those weirdos who refuse to jump on the bandwagon of new trends sometimes just because I refuse to be a lemming, so I actually first got a phone call from my husband, who listens to a news radio station; I went to TMZ; between his radio station and TMZ I was ahead of the tv stations and even my usual internet news sites.
This is dedicated to the loved ones we have lost:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndIZuppIPkA
Michael Jackson was a long time fan of mine. He will be greatly missed by me and the world. One of my first dances I did was taken from Michael’s Jackson moves. I perform the dance at one of my family reunions in 1984. Michael was my child hood hero.
Maybe singing stars of today can play those 50 concerts in london and cover his and there songs and share how he inspired us all.
I think the “This is it” concert should go ahead as a tribute to the King of Pop, raise the money for Charity ! Michael would be there in spirit and he will live on in our hearts and minds