To Tweet Or Not To Tweet?

What is Tweeting? Quite simply it's making a post on the micro blog Twitter. Much like passing notes in school, tweeting has been getting people in trouble as of late.

There was the woman who was applying for a job at Cisco and tweeted about how she was unsure about taking the job. She posted that she couldn't decide if the fat paycheck was worth the long commute and that she hated the work. Well the tweet was spotted by a person who works closely with Cisco. They responded privately but the tweet was already out of the bag, so to speak.

There’s the Twitter Juror, Johnathan Powell, who was tweeting about the verdict in the case that he was a juror on. I’d have to say though, since he didn’t say anything until after the verdict was read, Powell is being defamed unfairly. However it’s still enthralling to watch as Tweeting about a verdict has become a potential case of jury misconduct.

There was also Milwaukee Bucks' forward Charlie Villanueva tweeting during half-time of a game last Sunday against the Boston Celtics (not sure what all the fuss is about there). He said that he did it to help motivate himself, they won by the way.

In these cases I'm not sure how far the line between what is and isn't appropriate to share has been crossed. But it is apparent that, thanks to Twitter, thoughts that would never have been spoken before are now being sent to thousands of people in a millisecond. Statements that would have been kept between family and friends are now spread across the internet for all to see. So Thwink before you tweet.