"Social Networking Sites at Center of Coast-to-Coast Coordinated Search" - Frederik Joelving - Wired

Byline: Frederik Joelving; 2009-11-20; Wired; 

Report: Vanishing in the Digital Age: Finding Evan Ratliff - Wired

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"In their pursuit of Evan Ratliff, the sleuths living across the country exchanged intel and coordinated efforts via social media Web sites such as Twitter (using #vanish) and Facebook. One hunter even created a dedicated application on Facebook called Vanish Team, and several others set up their own Web sites and blogs. . . . "

Description:Social networking sites enhanced the search for Evan Ratliff.

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