Stuck at the airport?!?!? Twitter to the rescue..

Due to the eruption of the Eyjafjallajoekull volcano in Iceland many people are stranded in local Airfields.

Social media users help each other on Twitter and Facebook to get home asap. For news about the #AshTag twitter is used. Travellers looking for a way to get home are using the twitter of #stranded, #GetMeHome or #RideShare. People looking for a place to sleep use the twitter #Putmeup. According to the dutch newspaper 'De Volkskrant' people on Facebook have special groups for carpool through Europe, for example Carpool Europe. More than 2200 people are member of this carpool group and trying to get a ride throughout Europe.

Also companies use the social media, but for less altruistic reasoning. They offer rooms for the night or a rental car to get you through Europe. Also some people look for travelers to share costs of the car they rent in order to get home without making exceptionel costs.

These problems show us the great advantages of the use of social media. Never in the history of mankind, communication which specific groups was so easy and purposeful. Despite the disadvantages of the social media we must all try to use their advantages in order to enrich our lives...