So I decided to go on twitter a few days ago. At first it was a protected (private) account. After a few days I decided to go public. I had some concerns about it and I’ll talk about that on this post.
So I went on twitter.I found a couple of friends and I’m following my favorite people. I had also decided to protect my twitter account. I guess I was just used to doing that because that’s the way my other accounts are set up.
However, in a matter of days, I realized that maybe this wasn’t the best idea and that my twitter should be public because:
1) only 5 out of the 200 friends I have are on twitter and I want a balance between my # of following and followers.
2) anyone I may want to respond to can’t reply to me unless they request me and I can see how that makes communicating more of a pain in the ass.
3) I see how fun it is to reply to people right away and I want to do that with more people.
You would think that these reasons convinced me. It kind of did but I think it would be a good idea to voice my concerns about a public twitter just in case anyone ( especially a woman) wants to do public but is hesitant.
MY CONCERNS ABOUT PUBLIC TWITTER
I’ve had public accounts on other sites and so I kind of know what it’s like. Random people start talking to you, especially men. So far I’ve had nice experiences, nothing awkward. But I guess as a woman you can’t help but imagine these scenarios where someone is trying really hard to find out everything about you. That’s the main concern I think for anyone especially a woman.
However,
oddly enough when it comes to twitter I don’t really get that vibe. Most people aren’t really beat to remember you or follow you unless you are or look like a celebrity. On twitter I’ve seen tons of accounts with people who actually have their full name and ….I can’t remember a single one. I’m assuming it’s the same with everybody else.
The other thing about twitter is that it’s really more of a place to voice your opinions about current events. Currents events could be News, celebrity news, or some crazy, funny crap that you just saw or that you just experienced.
It’s not really a place where you put random pics of you partying every weekend unless it has some importance or quirk to it. That’s what I’ve noticed so far. This really helps prevent disclosing too much information about yourself.
Conversations, searches and rss feeds.
On twitter if you’re public EVERYTHING’s public. People can read your conversations and things like that. At first this was disturbing but then I thought ” Well what the hell would I talk about that could be considered so incriminating?”
I mean, I’m not a teacher or in some other profession where you have to be all serious so who cares?
Then I remembered, “Oh…Direct Messages” I would only talk in depth with those I’m kind of close to or to my followers anyways….and so would you. There’s your loophole.
After that, I got over it.
So in conclusion as long as you use twitter as commentary on things (which is the point) then it’s fine.
January 10, 2010 | Categories: Random Thoughts | Tags: Commentary, Random, Twitter | Leave A Comment »
The Thing about Twitter
So I decided to go on twitter a few days ago. At first it was a protected (private) account. After a few days I decided to go public. I had some concerns about it and I’ll talk about that on this post.
So I went on twitter.I found a couple of friends and I’m following my favorite people. I had also decided to protect my twitter account. I guess I was just used to doing that because that’s the way my other accounts are set up.
However, in a matter of days, I realized that maybe this wasn’t the best idea and that my twitter should be public because:
1) only 5 out of the 200 friends I have are on twitter and I want a balance between my # of following and followers.
2) anyone I may want to respond to can’t reply to me unless they request me and I can see how that makes communicating more of a pain in the ass.
3) I see how fun it is to reply to people right away and I want to do that with more people.
You would think that these reasons convinced me. It kind of did but I think it would be a good idea to voice my concerns about a public twitter just in case anyone ( especially a woman) wants to do public but is hesitant.
MY CONCERNS ABOUT PUBLIC TWITTER
I’ve had public accounts on other sites and so I kind of know what it’s like. Random people start talking to you, especially men. So far I’ve had nice experiences, nothing awkward. But I guess as a woman you can’t help but imagine these scenarios where someone is trying really hard to find out everything about you. That’s the main concern I think for anyone especially a woman.
However,
oddly enough when it comes to twitter I don’t really get that vibe. Most people aren’t really beat to remember you or follow you unless you are or look like a celebrity. On twitter I’ve seen tons of accounts with people who actually have their full name and ….I can’t remember a single one. I’m assuming it’s the same with everybody else.
The other thing about twitter is that it’s really more of a place to voice your opinions about current events. Currents events could be News, celebrity news, or some crazy, funny crap that you just saw or that you just experienced.
It’s not really a place where you put random pics of you partying every weekend unless it has some importance or quirk to it. That’s what I’ve noticed so far. This really helps prevent disclosing too much information about yourself.
Conversations, searches and rss feeds.
On twitter if you’re public EVERYTHING’s public. People can read your conversations and things like that. At first this was disturbing but then I thought ” Well what the hell would I talk about that could be considered so incriminating?”
I mean, I’m not a teacher or in some other profession where you have to be all serious so who cares?
Then I remembered, “Oh…Direct Messages” I would only talk in depth with those I’m kind of close to or to my followers anyways….and so would you. There’s your loophole.
After that, I got over it.
So in conclusion as long as you use twitter as commentary on things (which is the point) then it’s fine.
January 10, 2010 | Categories: Random Thoughts | Tags: Commentary, Random, Twitter | Leave A Comment »