Muchos grassy ass to Liam for his how to guide on Twitter (September 8th), for I am now also a convert. I can see how most tweets are down to a fraction of tweeters – it took me ages to find the words for my first one (what do you mean, you can’t believe it?).
I think the reason why can only be due to the press that Twitter has been attracting. Like Liam says, it’s a great marketing tool, but, just like Facebook, it has it’s pitfalls.
Witness England all-rounder Tim Bresnan.
Having been subjected to some jocularity from his teammates a “fan” decided to upload a less-than-flattering image of him with an expanded waistband. Bresnan’s retort on Twitter got him into water that you could have made your coffee with.
Likewise Lily Allen, although to a somewhat less-villified and much more reasonable degree, had a pop at all those filesharers out there who fancy getting their hands on music for free on her MySpace blog:
http://idontwanttochangetheworld.blogspot.com/
This is the beauty of the digital age. If it’s worldwide immediacy you’re after, here’s your chance. Clearly someone with Allen’s profile has a perfect platform from which to launch such a tirade. Will it make a difference? Frankly, I doubt it. There will always be people out there who want to get something for nothing and, to paraphrase Portishead, those trying to stop them might have to try a little harder.
So for you and I, the pawns of this galactic game, I guess the bottom line is this: if you’ve had a bad day at the office, just remember that on Twitter everybody can hear you scream.