Three Places Not to Twitter
March 19th, 2009Author: Alex Payne
With Twitter being the hottest thing since toasted bread (it is growing at a rate of over 1000%!), I’m not surprised to see a new Twitter story on CNN, The Daily Show, or even The View. However, I was a little shocked when ESPN reports on a Twitter story. While I follow plenty of sports names on Twitter (like @the_real_shaq or @DavidCutcliffe) I didn’t think that any of them took it too seriously. I guess Charlie Villenueva is different. He is such a Twitter fanatic, that he decided to give his followers an inside glimpse of the locker room. This wouldn’t have been a problem except that he did it at halftime of a game against the defending NBA champions, the Boston Celtics. While this was great for fans (and reporters), the coach was not pleased and slapped down a during game Twitter ban. Since we don’t want Twitter to become a problem, here are three other places Charlie shouldn’t tweet.
1. The Courtroom: Jury duty might be boring but that doesn’t mean you can tweet about it. Twitter is still public communication and that could have legal consequences
2. In the Driver’s Seat: Do you remember to drive with your hands at 10 and 2 (or 8 and 5 as I was taught in driver’s ed)? Neither do I, but its much easier to steer with at least one hand on the wheel. Texting (Or typing if you have a laptop desk) while driving is dangerous and in some states illegal. Don’t do it!
3. In the Hospital: Twittering in the hospital is nothing new. From surgeons twittering the procedure to Erykah Badu live tweeting the birth of her child medical tweets are nothing new. But while social media is about transparency, is this being too transparent? I’ll let you decide.
Where else would you not want to see Twitter? I asked Twitter and got response of funerals, bathrooms, and churches. What do you think?
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