Facebook allowed all those opposing Mubarak's regime to voice out there discontent. Facebook diserves recognition for being a freely available and unaltered medium where anyone-anywhere can post there thoughts and build communities with those who relate. The only way to understand Jamal's ferver is to look at it from an egyptians point of view: a country where all media was government controlled. I can only imagine how wonderful it must've been to be able to lash out against a dictator and find out many more out there thought alike without anyone being able to censor your opinion.
Anyway, true credit, of course, is of all egyptians. To them: Mabrouk!
Recommended reading: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/oct/21/egypt-facebook-revolution
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