Mark my words: this is the future. The website’s header says:You Witnessed it, Your Recorded it, Now Tag it: #18daysinegypt.
And then it encourages Egyptians to tag their media in Twitter, YouTube and Flickr with the following tags: #18DaysInEgypt
+ the day it occurred: #jan25, #jan26, #jan27….#feb11
+ where it occurred: #tahrir, #heliopolis, #alexandria, #suez, #ndpbuilding
+ and other relevant tags about the footage : #army, #singing, #violence, #tents, #protest
Tagging the media will allow us to find you through search…just that simple.
As I said, what this trend; it’s going to change the way social movements mobilise.
For now, you can tag your videos on YouTube and photos on Flickr. In the coming days we will have a url uploader to capture links to your tweets and media on other platforms. We are also working on functionality so you can send us your SMS text and MMS photos/videos.