Comments on: Twitter Direct Messages – Is this Personal and Private Information?

By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:49:40 +0000

Hi Brad – At this point I would have to agree with you. It’s been over 6
month since I wrote the article and I’ve since made up with the person
in question and we are friends again.

And it’s true that “personal” info shouldn’t be sent through a DM because
they can go astray. It is a question of trust though …

By: Brad Thomas

Brad Thomas — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:20:56 +0000

I do think you’re making too much out of this. If this kind of thing offends you, you’re going to spend your life being irritated by people. He could easily have meant he didn’t understand your comment by “WTF?” Or he could easily have meant he was surprised that someone got that impression from his site. I can see that it seems like he’s laughing at you. But I think you misunderstand. People laugh for lots of different reasons, most notably when they come across the unexpected.

That’s not to say he couldn’t have been more sensitive but he has no obligation to protect your feelings. He has an obligation not to deliberately try to hurt you but I don’t think he set out to do that. Futhermore, as far as I’m concerned people have no obligation to keep information you send to them in DM secret. If you want to be sure your opinions are kept secret, the solution is easy, don’t share them.

By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:24:18 +0000

@Carla – LOL – let’s see what happens with it in 2010 ;-)

By: carla

carla — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:21:11 +0000

That’s the beauty of the internet. Someone can discover this post two years and be offended like it was two months ago. :)

By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:19:30 +0000

@Nicky – Did I sound cranky? I didn’t mean too. I just meant that I’ve been going through some really rough stuff with my Mom and this issue hadn’t been as important to me recently. You’re right – if I’m not going to discuss it intelligently, I should close the comments. I apologize. :-)

By: Nicky Jameson

Nicky Jameson — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:38:51 +0000

" It’s interesting how this article is still getting comments when I’ve moved on." It's something that could happen to anyone who's on Twitter, it's a personal story/interaction, the post is still up and comments are still open ;) So even though you may have moved on, to anyone coming across it for the first time it's interesting. I've had articles on my personal blog that get comments months later. Nicky Jameson´s last blog post - To Succeed in 2009, do These 2 Things

By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 14:39:24 +0000

@Nicky – Thanks! It’s interesting how this article is still getting comments when I’ve moved on. :-) It did bother me at the time but overall it’s not that big of a deal. I probably should have included the individual in this discussion though.

By: Nicky Jameson

Nicky Jameson — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 04:06:50 +0000

Hi Kim,
I would expect a DM to be private on Twitter. I think it’s very easy to over analyse, but regardless, the way you felt was the way you felt and it was for a reason. Perhaps the poster didn’t mean anything, perhaps they did. You will never know… nevertheless it’s YOUR initial perception that counts. That he didn’t mention your name was something, but what spoiled it was the WFT?, because that wasn’t mentioned in in the original note to you and it “sounded” rude. Without context it’s hard to tell, still whatever you eventually did with that feeling you felt what you felt.

I would have been startled too, quite frankly, firstly because it was a DM. It’s easy for people to say it’s an overreaction… but at the end of the day they aren’t the ones on the end of the “incident”. Still, everyone will have a different reaction because we are all different.

And by the way I’m a Brit too. I’d say our humour (the good stuff) is dry… ;)

Nicky Jameson´s last blog post – To Succeed in 2009, do These 2 Things

By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:00:42 +0000

Hi Jack – Thank you for visiting and commenting. No, I didn’t. Probably because I am chicken ;-)

By: Jack Repenning

Jack Repenning — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:16:07 +0000

Interesting that this thread converged so nicely on a fairly reasonable position. Have you invited the designer to peruse this thread? Jack Repenning´s last blog post - (Tools != Community) && (Community != Tools)