Let me start with a quote:
“New york, new york. Big city of dreams, but everything in new york aint always what it seems.” 2:57 PM Aug 25th
These are the last words posted on the twitter account of Adam Michael Goldstein, a.k.a DJ AM.
I woke up this morning and checked my Twitter trends. I noticed #1 was “RIP DJ AM”, a quick google search took me to Wikipedia mobile http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Goldstein?wasRedirected=true where I quickly gained a better understanding of whom this guy was.
Now personally I’m in no way affected by the sudden and tragic death of this man, however it did make me wonder about the power of Twitter especially after death.
Read his last update above. Are these the words of a man who would later be found dead from drug abuse? Is it possible he was high when sending this tweet? Again it’s irrelevent in real terms, but interesting how Twitter could be used by law enforcment to trace the where abouts of victims, perpetrators, and even the followers associated to such accounts.
As for DJ AM, well he was found in his apartment and the police are not treating it suspiciously, so in this case his Twitter account will not provide anything interesting other than to his fans, family and friends.
However with the introduction of Geo Tagging, you can litterally pin point his wearabouts over a very long period of time.
Imagine OJ Simpson had a Twitter account?, what if Michael Jackson also used Twitter, and his private doctor was a follower. Now that would make for interesting Reading.
Tell me your views, comment below.
Ps. DJ AM twitter page is http://www.Twitter.com/DJ_AM
