I have been on twitter for almost three years now, using various forms of social media for almost four, and find myself negotiating a complicated love/loathe relationship with it.
Love – the people I’ve met – many ultimately in person- all of whom my life is richer for knowing. Love – its promise of common denominator accessibility. Love – its can’t be beat information super-highway.
Detest – behavior that is lauded in social media that in real life – say at a cocktail party- would alienate you from everyone in the room. This behavior comes in many a not so pretty variety.
I was reminded of one of these varieties by yesterday’s article in the NY Times about chef’s who use twitter to blast other chefs – and in so doing break an unspoken rule that chef’s do not ever publicly criticize their colleagues. In other words, in social media mature adult behavior goes the way of cowardice and kindergarten. And on twitter, over and over, that kind of behaviour is not only accepted, it’s celebrated.
Oh grow up, you say? Haters are part of the Internet culture. Well…. more on the twitter cocktail party
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