Just because it's public doesn't mean you should do It

Arguments have existed since the beginning of time. First cavemen fought over fire and which cavewoman would be their mate. Then as we became more “civilized,” we used arrows, then swords, cannonballs, guns, bombs, and nukes (the classiest of all… Not). Well, since technology is here to make our lives easier, why not use it to unleash all hell upon each other? Brilliant idea! NOT!

Seriously, since when has the internet become a tool to start complaining… About… Your problems… Err. This has a valid point, I swear!

So Twitter, with all it’s ups and downs, has really become a battleground of sorts. There was a Scoble vs. Arrington fight a while back (during SXSW I believe?) and on my Twitter stream there have been a few other fights. Lately it’s gotten worse. Why? I have no clue. Maybe it’s the summer getting to teens and they want to get out of school because of raised stress levels (I know how that is), but really? We have to resort to Twitter to duke it out?

I’m personally a fan of private fights. Keep it to direct messages, IM, emails, or phone calls (physical fights are good, but only if there is a real good reason to it, which there usually isn’t). There are fights that are just quick little blurbs back and forth that last maybe a day at the most, but grudges that last a lot longer should be dealt with in private (also mark your emails “Private” for those things).

If I can’t get anything accomplished by just talking to either one to try and stop, I block them on Twitter. At least until it dies down. If it happens again, flip the switch. Easy enough. I am following what people say you should do if you don’t like it (“If you don’t like it, don’t follow me”). But I just had to get this out and maybe those certain folks will learn from it. All I ask, please, take it in private.