That one time in history when modern social networks hosted a re-enactment of Jack The Ripper's horrendous acts

United States
January 20, 2017 1:52am CST
I bet you never thought it would happen, I surely didn't. Apparently, a few years ago, a few media outlets got together and gathered all archived news articles that covered the goings on in The Ripper case. I suppose one could find the tweets and piece together the re-enactment if they were so inclined. I, however, am not. That isn't to say that the case is not interesting. No, it's interesting, and I can see it's appeal even today... I just don't think Twitter was the avenue for it. Found out about it here :
The 1888 Jack the Ripper murders are to be played out via Twitter. Tweeting from the perspective of characters in Whitechapel at the time of the murders, The History Press hopes to retrace events as t
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
20 Jan 17
That's strange it would be on Twitter.
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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
21 Jan 17
I don't think they picked the best outlet. I think their idea was to make it as "real time' as possible, but it seems to me they could have done it in a blog style at the very least. Though, hey! I prefer documentaries myself.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
22 Jan 17
@ScribbledAdNauseum Documentaries are good, but on television not social media.
Anna
@LadyDuck (502491)
• Italy
20 Jan 17
The experiment is interesting, the platform chosen (Twitter) in my opinion is not the best.
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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
20 Jan 17
Yes, I prefer documentary style myself. Twitter has character (word) limits and so it would result in a lot of broken up pieces.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502491)
• Italy
21 Jan 17
@ScribbledAdNauseum This is my same opinion, Twitter is too limited.
Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
21 Jan 17
Surely there are far too many unknowns for a realistic recreation to be choreographed.
AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
21 Jan 17
This is true as well. I don't think they were really going for accuracy or trying to "re-open" the case per se. It seems to me they were trying to establish how the public felt during this time. I still don't think twitter was the way to do it.
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Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
21 Jan 17
@ScribbledAdNauseum There has been constant speculation about the case for over 100 years now.
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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
21 Jan 17
@Asylum I doubt we will ever know, motive or man (or even woman really).
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topffer
@topffer (42155)
• France
20 Jan 17
I think you should wait a bit to see the result. It might be an interesting experiment to explore a new potential way for artistic creation. Also a challenge, as Twitter does not seem to be a good platform for that, and I rejoin you on this point.
AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
20 Jan 17
I haven't yet gone about looking up the twitter feed(s) for the re-enactment. The article I posted here is several years old, so the re-enactment has long since been done. I think my biggest grievance against it is the lack of words able to be used within a tweet. It could mean a lot of reading of broken tweets (tweets that have had to be broken into two parts). I much prefer documentary style anyway.
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