Twttrexecution

I was first introduced to Twitter by my friends a year ago. I don't have Facebook account, back then, so I was impressed with Twitter's usage of one-line status updates and its interactive reply features. I am quite fond of using one-liners so I immediately thought that it was a brilliant idea to have an account on the micro-blogging site. Unfortunately, my excitement was shortlived as I discovered that Facebook is like Twitter with more characters allowed (in its status updates) and more things and time-wasters to do (Mafia Wars, anyone?).

Last week, Prof. Quimbo touched on the subject of Twitter and its relevance to non-celebrities' lives. I immediately thought of this Japanese drama series I've chanced upon, about how Twitter brought a group of ordinary people together and helped them through a lot of tight spots. (Apparently, Twitter has this radar feature on mobile phones, allowing you to search Twitter users within your vicinity.)

With the good, also come the bad. Two weeks ago, I've come across a news article regarding how the Attorney-General of the State of Utah "tweeted" the execution (by firing squad) of a certain Ronnie Lee Gardner. Another news article even reported that the said officer followed-up on this tweet and said, "We will be streaming live my press conference as soon as I'm told Gardner is dead. Watch it at www.attorneygeneral.Utah.gov/live.html".

As aptly described by one Twitter user in one of the articles, I believe that the said tweet "will probably go down in history as the dumbest, most disgusting use of Twitter ever."