The first part of this article is about how model Melissa Stetten kept a running commentary on twitter about her flight when seated next to Actor Brian Presley. She posted a variety of tweets regarding the behaviour of Brain Presley and her last tweet simply said 'Did I just ruin Brain Preseley's life via Twitter?'. Presley simply commented "I guess in today's age you have to be careful who you say hello to' when he saw the tweets. The second part comments on the 'twitter war' between Ben and Kate Goldsmith, in which both parties took to Twitter to publicly slate the other. Everybody could see these tweets and a lot decided to join in, following the conversation and adding unnecessary comments, making the situation a lot worse.
A quote from the article which I found particularly interesting was "Social media do not simply provide a forum for blabbing, they redraw our ideas of what is and isn't our personal life." I agree with this quote and think that a lot of people divulge information on social networking sites which should just remain private to them, also a lot of people get involved with issues and comment on affairs which isn't anything to do with them just because they can and Twitter gives them that 'freedom of speech'.
Also included in the article was interviews with 'experts' and what they advise when it comes to Twitter and Tweeting.
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