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See it, while it’s hot! MultiOSN: Monitoring real-world events on online social media
Today, the world is a place where “chats” refer to Facebook chats, when people “hang out”, they are referring to Google+, and “following” someone is a Twitter thing! The penetration of social media into the common Internet user’s life has been so intense, that people literally “tweet” about an earthquake before running to safety! Online social media has become one of the fastest, and most widely used means of information transfer today. Especially, when it comes to news, a big proportion of people look for breaking news on Facebook and Twitter! This paradigm shift has resulted because of multiple reasons, the reach of the Internet and online social media, the…