Tuesday, 6 September 2011

think before you tweet

Two Mexicans tweeted yesterday by reporting that gunmen were attacking schools. The consequences of this was 26 car accidents and parents rushing to schools to pick up their kids. The two people are facing 30 years jail which is the most serious charges brought up for using Twitter. news article

As there are not clear guidelines for people for using Twitter properly, Twitter should outline some clear guidelines for using Twitter ethically and legally. I have found nine things not to do on Twitter. I think it should add one more to it: not to publish false or offensive information.

Some organisations did badly on Twitter such as Telstra Bigpond which we discussed in class. However there are also some organisations did well (40 of the best twitter brands). The organisations which did well often monitor its twitter page, respond to the comments, and engaging with their fans and critics. 

Do you think Twitter should set up code of conduct for its users? If yes, how?

2 comments:

  1. Mmm this is a tough selection I think, on one hand it can be helpful for crimes, on the other it can be a fraud! If people keep doing this, tweeting fraud comments, it may be harmful to the society. Over amd over again people will stop beleiving and may end up letting a real crime happen! I do think that there should be a code of conduct for users, but! I think it is very diffiicult for users to follow the code of conducts! Any ideas on how?

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  2. They can, and probably should, but will this stop tweeting as described above? I don't think so. Problem is also, they encourage freedom of speech, now limiting what people are allowed to say will defeat the purpose of what they do.
    Ross

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