A recent NYTimes article has solidified my perspective on Twitter and the process known as "tweeting".
People are overjoyed about this new outlet for celebrities, athletes, and politicians to be within the reach of a short 140-character text message. I refuse to put the application on my BlackBerry or even get involved online. That's too much and it's kind of phony, but that's my opinion.
Yes, people use it for networking and have good intentions, but others just use it as a marketing tool. I'm quite all right without twitter in my life. I wouldn't be inclined to divulge on my every actions in life.
What's kind of sad is how a mentor sent me an email where someone "tweeted" that they were recently given a job opportunity with Cisco Systems and how boring it was going to be. Little did that person know that there was a Cisco higher up that saw it and was able to see her name, picture, and whatever else she forget to put as private. I'm pretty sure that job offer was rescinded...smh...it depends on your field as well, but I have no use for it. It's sad that certain people aren't the one's that are writing the material that is displayed on their Twitter accounts though.
Article - NY TIMES on Twitter
Additional Article (Added 04.22.2009) - I'd Rather Die Than TWEET...LOL
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment