What would famous revolutionaries sound like on Twitter?

Instagram model Essena O'Neill is being called a "revolutionary" after quitting social media this week.

Because News panellists Scott Thompson, Leslie Seiler and Kris Siddiqi discussed whether or not the act of quitting social media is revolutionary.

"I think if revolution is just going against the status quo, then it is revolutionary, because the status quo for her group of friends … is constant over sharing, so I think that is kind of a revolutionary act," said Thompson.

"It's like, in a previous generation going, 'oh, I don't have to smoke.'"

Seiler and Siddiqi were skeptical — to hear the full discussion, listen to the audio.

Host Gavin Crawford pointed out that O'Neill has now started a new website on which she posts about her rejection of social media.

#TweetTheRevolution

Crawford asked the panellists to pretend they were a famous historical revolutionary that had access to Twitter.

Because News listeners shared their own revolutionary tweets with us @CBCBecauseNews with the hashtag #TweetTheRevolution.