That is the question! Micro-blogging has gone Twitter-pitch (get it?) over the last few months thanks to the massive amounts of media coverage it has received from celebrities that have become Tweet freaks overnight. From actor Ashton Kutcher’s video tweet ranting about his noisy neighbor to Lance Armstrong’s mundane updates over his bike rides and training. Twitter is not limited to celebrities, however, with more and more companies, publications and politicians jumping on the micro-blogging bandwagon.
U.S. Republican Congressman Pete Hoekstra came under fire recently after sending a string of tweets from his Blackberry announcing his whereabouts, including brief updates about his recent visit to Iraq. Some claim that the updates revealed ‘classified information’ that endangered the safety of members of the delegation he was traveling with but his reps say that the trip was already public knowledge.
In an age when anyone can look up information about anything online, it’s pretty hard to draw the line between what’s private or public. One thing’s for sure, Twitter has created a unique platform for everyone to share information and communicate in real time with colleagues, customers and other constituents. Now it's just up to us to manage what to say, when and how.
