News Source: http://sethgodin.typepad.com
Published: Nov 26, 2008 - 09:08 am
Story Found By: bbcarter 1174 Days ago
Category: SEM
"I typically write posts that are three to six paragraphs long. I try to be clear and direct. And yet, just about everything I write is misunderstood by someone. (Not the same someone, alas)."
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It’s almost like playing charades, when your trying to express complicated, new, and controversal ideas. But the differences is. Charades is a game, twitter isn’t. It’s real life conversation. So, caution is key as i’ve learned over the past few days. Aside from this: My main lesson from Twitter is, IM NOT FUNNY. So don’t try to be. :)
Just Seth Godin struggling with adoption of twitter. He’s hip, he’s in tune, but he’s not on twitter? Does he says it’s unworthy? If not, why isn’t he on it? He has a reputation to maintain... he knows twitter will be difficult.... what to do, what to do.
The telling part of Seth’s post about Twitter is that he still views it as microblogging. It has long since shifted into another plane of communication. Pownce, Facebook Statuses might still be but I don’t thing he’s figured it out yet or has dismissed it as too much work for him.
I’ve always said that I’m so often ’misunderstood’...hehe
Has anyone here actually been fired/fired someone via Twitter?
This is actually something I thought of myself the other day, not just with twitter but with all forms of (written) communication online.Perhaps we should start speaking like an alien critter (don’t remember what the race was called) in the video game Mass Effect. Before saying anything specific, he clearly labeled the intention of his comment. Something like:"Genuinely curious. Do you actually think so?"or"Sarcastic retort. That is certainly not the whole truth, ambassador."Since it was a while since I played the game those where not accurate quotes, but you get the idea. ;-)