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Post by shady23 on Nov 26, 2016 23:08:06 GMT
It's great that performers can connect to their audience on Twitter but not so great when you also follow "normal" people who also follow a performer you follow and your time line gets cluttered with them tweeting endlessly at telling them how much they love them.
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Post by kathryn on Nov 28, 2016 11:56:00 GMT
I think, twitter is just as real life. And real life has delayed trains, rumblings on politics, trunk talks with friends, complements for a job nicely done, life of your partners and kids and pets... Some people are more open about these things, some do share only parts of these. Those who think that actors/celebrities "have" to share there personal staff or owe to hide it from them, are both wrong. Like, nothing is rammed down your throat unless you are not following this person? If you don't like the messaging, then press unfollow  And let people be themselves in the way they want to communicate with the world. Luckily twitter with its muting and blocking functions gives you plenty of opportunities to keep away from people you don't like. And I do think that one should not follow actors on twitter if you only admire their work but don't want read their views on delayed traffic and elections and new episode of the Bake Off... I agree to an extent, I do think if you're just using your Twitter handle to complain to companies rather than maybe e-mailing or calling then it's pointless, likewise with self promotion. It's all about balance. Actually using a company's Twitter handle to complain is by far the fastest way to get a response. It's bad publicity, see, so they stay on top of it. |
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Post by rumbledoll on Nov 28, 2016 13:12:08 GMT
I also follow Darren Hayes, former front man of the Australian band Savage Garden and now solo artist. Love all his music, I really do, but on Twitter he doesn't half go on about his sexuality and ever since Trump won the race for the Presidency he consistently tweets about not only Trump but how as a homosexual he and other are being wronged, etc. I'm not American, or in America and he may very well be right however, give a reader a break! High-five to another Savage Garden fan! Was my fave band growing up. I don't follow Darren at the moment but I know what you mean.. But I also believe people (celebreties or whatever) shall be allowed to use Twitter the way the like, including as a political of social platform. I'm not much on Twitter though I follow Jamie Parker and sometimes grow a lil bit tired of all his Brexit/NHS tweets, but it's his right no one can deny him as a person. |
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Post by 49thand8th on Nov 28, 2016 13:30:46 GMT
I agree to an extent, I do think if you're just using your Twitter handle to complain to companies rather than maybe e-mailing or calling then it's pointless, likewise with self promotion. It's all about balance. Actually using a company's Twitter handle to complain is by far the fastest way to get a response. It's bad publicity, see, so they stay on top of it. It's true. I've gotten better and faster customer service through Twitter than through anywhere else. Especially for airlines -- I've tweeted an airline while in line after a delayed flight and missed connection and got everything arranged faster than I would have if I'd gone the traditional way and stayed in line to talk to a harried agent. |
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Post by Jon on Nov 28, 2016 15:44:27 GMT
Actually using a company's Twitter handle to complain is by far the fastest way to get a response. It's bad publicity, see, so they stay on top of it. It's true. I've gotten better and faster customer service through Twitter than through anywhere else. Especially for airlines -- I've tweeted an airline while in line after a delayed flight and missed connection and got everything arranged faster than I would have if I'd gone the traditional way and stayed in line to talk to a harried agent. I don't have issues with people using Twitter as a way to communicate to companies, it's when they put a dot in front of the @ or put the Twitter handle at the end of the tweet so it appears in my timeline that irks me. |
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Post by foxa on Nov 28, 2016 16:22:53 GMT
You're right, Jon, people jump to the 'shame them' awfully quickly. I've used twitter with Almeida when their website wasn't great and it was helpful, but I didn't .@ it and I also deleted all the tweets once it was settled.
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And let people be themselves in the way they want to communicate with the world. Luckily twitter with its muting and blocking functions gives you plenty of opportunities to keep away from people you don't like.
