If you’re over 0.05 step away from the Twitter machine

NicoleG says:

08:17am | 15/12/10

It’s only some sound advice about how not to make an utter numpty of yourself. But feel free to do so.

Jeff says:

08:31am | 15/12/10

Why you mad, Tristen?

fairsfair says:

10:00am | 15/12/10

@Jeff - he was drunk when he typed this…

Stephen says:

10:27am | 15/12/10

Tell us Tristen Says, why are you commenting online for the world to read when we don’t know you or want to know you or read what opinions you may have of someone else’s advice? We do not need to have this pain inflicted upon us. Step away from your computer and get a job.

Thomas Tudehope says:

11:01am | 15/12/10

Thanks Tristen.

Your thoughtful remarks have left an indelible impression on me.

Tommy

Likes Joining Dots says:

12:37pm | 15/12/10

230 characters - too long tristan, if you delete the “we can think for ourselves” you might come close to 140

But on the positive, I did like the “step away from the journalistic pedestal”

tony says:

07:52am | 16/12/10

Let me guess - are you a Gen Y? The problem is sweetheart all your lives you haven’t had anyone to pull you into line on what is socially acceptable. Your spineless parents have treated you like little kings and queens. They haven’t dared to criticize you or actually teach you any etiquette. No one is interested in the sad little details of your oppressively routine middle class lives.

Patrick says:

10:11am | 16/12/10

@Tony

Brilliant

Twitter or any form of social media for that fact are tools for shallow insecure people who think the world needs to know what they are either doing or thinking. 

Newsflash the world doesn’t care

I agree with point 10 a dying art these days.

NicoleG says:

11:20am | 15/12/10

Allegedly Lisa. Thomas has said many times he had nothing to do with it.  Give us proof before posting links to ‘alleged’ stuff. Or don’t hit the bottle so early in the day.

Blazes says:

01:13pm | 15/12/10

Lisa, you’re a typical leftie, playing the man and not the ball!

Adrian says:

02:55pm | 15/12/10

Nicole, are you Tommy’s publicist or something?

In regards to the article, the advice is sound and without flaw, however when has sound advice and logic ever stopped a drunken person doing something ridiculous. I speak from experience when I say, never.

Tristen says:

11:41am | 15/12/10

Tristen doesn’t think status updates should cost anyone anything so long as they’re not illegal (defamatory etc.). I think people should lighten up that’s why I’m saying don’t tell people how to act on social media. Lighten up is all I’m saying, I don’t see any positive outcome for the public interest in condemning people for their tweets / use / misuse of social media. Give people a break; I think this is a positive message unlike this article.

Thomas Tudehope says:

11:48am | 15/12/10

Tristen,

Thanks for reading.

This is a light hearted piece encouraging people to exert some caution when using social media. You wouldn’t send your girlfriends mum an inappropriate text message whilst inebriated and I am simply saying people should take similar care when using social media.

Appreciate the comments all the same.

Tommy

Thomas Tudehope says:

11:24am | 15/12/10

It was a bit tongue in cheek.

However, there was a recent example where a state politician posted something and quickly deleted. Within that time a journalist screen capture the image and a story ensued.

Thanks for reading.

Tommy

Li says:

06:28pm | 15/12/10

I’m absolutely with you there SM.

facepalm says:

02:13pm | 15/12/10

Somehow, I find it hard to believe that any Twit would have drinking buddies to begin with. As for the author’s suggestion that you should not drink and tweet, I’d go so far as to say that you should avoid the internet entirely whenever you’re under the influence.

Tombowler says:

03:46pm | 15/12/10

Mmmm true. I prefer ‘twat’: It’s the genuine pluralization for ‘twit’

i.e. “Most of the greens votes came from various twats” will then work on two levels:

1. Greens voters are twats in the traditional sense

2. Greens voters are comprised of large blocs of twitterati divided into rough groups of hero-worship of various leftist figures or causes.

michael j says:

04:29pm | 15/12/10

weLL Tom the way i see it is alcohol is the most evil
substance plaugeing our nation and i don’t say that just because i am a lifetime member of the temperence league
i beleive it should be banned it is the main cause of family breakdown,demestic violence,street violence,poverty,teenagers being led into unhealthy pusuits
such as stealing and worst an unhealthy pastime watching
sick,perverted dvd games,,
the sooner prohabation is brought in the better our nation will be ,,,and then we cross the road without worring if some pissed twiter is going to run us over in their car,,,,

T says:

07:25am | 16/12/10

@michael j. Geez. I’d be focusing more on learning to spell rather than condemning those who like to have a drink.

R18 says:

03:27pm | 15/12/10

too busy telling anyone stupid enough to listen that I’m having fun.

the fun is now in the virtual world. just look at all the time the “gamers” spend in a virtual reality having “fun” and being all they will never be.

Marto says:

03:34pm | 15/12/10

Good point Max.  I encourage you all to have a good look next time you are out at a pub, train station or even walking down the street.  The kiddies are too busy focused on their phone to notice what is happening right around them.  Twitter and Facebook have become the domain of the narcissist and the vacuous.  You are on Twitter for one of two reasons only - because you are completely in love with yourself and blindly think that you are the centre of the universe; or because you have no life whatsoever and instead need to live vicariously through the lives of others to fill the massive void where your personality should be.  If you need to contact a group of people to let them know of something, send an email or text.  There is no need to remind the world of what you had for breakfast, or that you are soooo upset with something that happened on the Kardashians last night.  If you need to know what a stranger is doing at all times, then I suggest you turn off the PC and get out more.

To the young ones that fit this profile - please learn to spell.  You are either about to enter adulthood so I suggest you rehearse communicating like one.  A good friend of mine is a marker of both HSC and undergraduate English papers, and she has recently reminded me of how appalling the spelling and grammar are from our supposed future leaders.  Its all this text speak and twitter talk that has them communicating in a bastardised language that has no place in the workforce, tertiary education or adult human life. 

The sad thing is that social media was designed to be a smart tool in delivering a platform for effective communication and information provision.  Instead it has allowed the idiots to have a greater voice, and permitted stupidity to breed.

facepalm says:

06:11pm | 15/12/10

*cough*Twitpic*cough*

The major problems with social media sites (as I see them) are:
i) A great many people give no thought as to the accessibility of the material they post. People need to get it into their heads that the notion of ‘privacy’ on the internet is a bit of a joke. Publishing material on the internet is not unlike farting - once you’ve done the deed, undoing it is difficult, if not impossible.

ii) The frightening levels of data mining these websites carry out behind the scenes. But that’s nothing new on the internet. Eric Schmidt (CEO of Google) recently said that it’s his company’s policy “to get as close as possible to the creepy line without crossing it” (a statement which quite frankly creeps me out). So much for their mantra of “don’t be evil” (but I suppose that went out the window when they started censoring stuff for the Chinese gov’t).

T says:

11:40am | 16/12/10

Eric, do you ever get texts exclaiming what people had for breakfast or which celebrity couple broke up? If someone did that to me I would promptly punch them in the face.
Twitter is for the self-obsessed. Fullstop.