Comments on: Should I retire from the Twitter police?

By: Daniel Davies :: Blog :: Has Twelebrity Culture removed your personality?

Daniel Davies :: Blog :: Has Twelebrity Culture removed your personality? — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:24:36 +0000

[...] raises this discussion on her own blog, where she asks, “Should I retire from the Twitter police?” Its particularly interesting because her policing is in fact in an effort to prevent her friends [...]

By: Caroline Charlton

Caroline Charlton — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:46:30 +0000

I think you’re doing a grand job! Keep up the good work!

By: Daniel Davies

Daniel Davies — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:06:55 +0000

I hate Twitter policing on the whole, but because I know you and understand the tone in which your policing is carried out I actually quite like it. Sometimes make me chuckle a little. To me its a question of who it is policing, a good friend I would expect to pop my ego were it ever too large. If it was someone I don’t know I’d probably wonder why they don’t just unfollow me.

By: James

James — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:44:01 +0000

Keep doing it. In fact, step it up a notch!

By: Antonio

Antonio — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 15:12:23 +0000

Please keep policing! There’s only so much “me me me!” we can take!

By: Ian T Edwards

Ian T Edwards — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:02:18 +0000

Well I’m not so sure about the grammar police. But I’ll let you off as long as you don’t start trying to correct lolcats.

There is definitely a need for the show-off police to be there though. It’s the deterent that keeps things in check.
Of course there’s times when people may wish to push things a little. There’s nothing wrong with a bit of cheeky high jinx and a clip round the ear will set most things straight.

Otherwise what’s the alternative. Nobody wants to see a twitter-riot do they?

By: Chris Unitt

Chris Unitt — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:49:31 +0000

Well, I think you do it from a position of love and care, so what you do is fine. Nicky’s last line puts it well!

Typos/grammar are tricky in case you end up correcting/laughing at honest typos or people who have trouble writing. I tend to be pretty scrupulous in my own writing but I’ve got a foot in the ‘as long as the message carries’ group too. ouY nac daer siht ecnetnes retfa lla, m’I erus.

Anyway, I got caught out slagging off someone’s Twitter usage and didn’t enjoy how that developed so I think twice now (eg I kept it buttoned when I saw all the ‘RT and follow me free cheap free tat’ things last night).

By: digibrum_si

digibrum_si — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:49:50 +0000

When you started following me recently I looked at your Twitter Police statement and laughed. It did make me want to be all show offy and Tweet that I’d done a handstand or something equally childlike though.

And the internet doesn’t have enough Grammar Police, you’re definitely filling a need.

By: Sas / Karmadillo

Sas / Karmadillo — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:13:42 +0000

No no no!

Don’t change, it’s fun!

If you go too far I’ll just remind you about the grammar pendants….! ;)

By: regengirl

regengirl — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:58:52 +0000

Agree with everything that’s been said so far.

Also, I know this is stating the bleeding obvious but, I know how easily I can forget the difference between online talking with someone I know irl and someone I don’t and I think a lot of people I follow on twitter forget from time-to-time too.

I’m not anywhere near as techy/techie/tekkie (still never know how to spell it :) as most people on Twitter. I find this frequently intimidating. I’m also not a blogger. But I started using Twitter, on the recommendation of a much techier friend, as a learning experience and that’s exactly what it has been. It has been personally invaluable to me in recent months – not least that I have been able to find clever, funny people to talk to about all kinds of stuff (work and not-at-all work related) during my work day. Since becoming a lone worker, unexpectedly, yet working for a very large and strange public sector organisation, Twitter has helped me stay sane!

So gentle nudges by the Twitter police are absolutely fine. The Twitter police needs to be especially gentle to those of us who are just getting GCSE rather than Phd Twitter :)