This isn’t another blog wildly enthusing about social/new media, despite its indispensible role in supporting the relief effort to Haiti.

I avidly follow the development of the Wild Web, noting this week that we’ve had the very first tweet from space and loving the touching story of a seven-year-old raising £100,000 and counting for Haiti.

But can it go too far?

Take CNN’s quasi-Google Earth tracking the tragedy in Haiti. While oddly compelling, what does it gain? Do I feel more connected to Haiti and more inspired to donate to the cause or is this simply rubber-necking for the digital age?

I can imagine future real-time videos of relief efforts, where one can walk around virtually and see what's happening at that very moment. While I can see the positives - connection, empathy etc, would this be going too far?