I can't stand it...

Here, Sally is being encouraged to get a Twitter account by her co-worker.

This is one reason



I hate the idea



of Twitter.

People seem to think that only the people that they want to see their posts are seeing them. That's just not true. The Twitter experience also makes them think that their every thought is so important that people just hang on to every syllable waiting for the next 140 characters. That's not true either.

I know of a situation locally where a person 'twitted' (I know the word that is used is 'tweeted', but 'twitted' fits better) about their manager in a very whiny, critical and derogatory manner. The manager read it, because the real truth is that nothing on the intertubes is secret. If this person gets disciplined for this, and they could be fired, this will follow them in their work life for a long, long time. Are people that naive, or just plain stupid and shallow? I hope it's the first. I fear it's the second...