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Look before you leap & think before you Tweet!

Posted by Karen Rubin on Wed, Oct 07, 2009 @ 02:54 PM
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A friend of a friend wrote a great piece in Vanity Fair about getting fired for tweeting. He points out that "tweeting your mind and keeping your job can often be incompatible," and that this might be because "tweets tend to be banged out on a cell phone or BlackBerry in a matter of seconds." Essentially, people don't think before they tweet! 

 Just ask yourself this one question before you send a message out to the Twit-o-sphere. "Would I say this to my boss's face?" If the answer is no, slowly step away from the keyboard. 

 

 

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Karen, 
 
 
 
I totally agree unless you are a celebrity like @diablocody or @stephenfry. For them, it's expected to say whatever comes to mind. It's like IM except saved for the world to see.

posted @ Wednesday, October 07, 2009 3:06 PM by Ron Arden

I agree Ron, this is most definitely for us common folk. Unless you are like me. I generally say whatever I am thinking to peoples faces (or on HSTV,) which is why I don't both tweeting it. :-)

posted @ Wednesday, October 07, 2009 3:10 PM by Karen Rubin

Karen: 
 
I agree. Although, my boss often thinks I'm nuts for following @shawnp0wers and @julietlandau. (But I have a great boss.) :-)

posted @ Wednesday, October 07, 2009 7:31 PM by octopusgrabbus

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