The Failure of Twitter

The Failure of Twitter...

..is? The People that use it. Well, some of them.

Don't get me wrong. I use and do like Twitter a lot. I think it can be a great communication tool, and a very simple one too.

But the Johnny Depp death thing is a prime example of what happens sometimes with Twitter. Some person starts a rumor, and within 40 minutes, the whole world, the ones that use Twitter anyway - know about it, and then re-tweet it. Which makes the whole thing worse. Then the traditional news sources pick it up and the whole thing gets out of hand quicker than a drunk driving a bus. All this, without a single thought about where this actually comes from, and if its true. Its on Twitter though, its must be true!

Wrong.

But, that’s not the worse thing about it. Twitter is now well into the mainstream. It’s no longer for geeks and the very tech savvy Hollywood celebs. Everyone’s on to it now, and a lot of them aren’t that aware of the bad guys in the online world, and what happens if you click a lot of links.
Malware through Twitter is growing. If a lot of people click a link claiming to be something it’s not, it doesn’t take a computer genius to workout the outcome.
So,

• Check your sources
• Don’t click shit in a frenzy because you think a Jonas brother has died, your computer probably will, and that’s not cool. Then how you gonna tweet?
• Don’t believe everything you see on Twitter. They may be slow on the uptake sometimes, but the likes of the BBC, CNN etc are actually viable news sources.

Oh, and for the record, Gene Simmons ISN’T dead either. I would of donned my fake tongue, and KISS make up by now if he was.