Okay, I am the first to admit that I do not get it. I do not tweet nor do I follow those that do. I think I understand the concept, (However I am attending an Academic Impressions webinar on Thursday, July 22 on the use of Twitter in recruiting and marketing applications so I will know better then) I do not understand why someone would want to follow every thought or rambling that emanates from the "tweetosphere" ( I think I just made up a word), Maybe it is my Jesuit training but I would like to think and reflect on information before I react.  I hope that those that read what I may write would do the same. In a world of constant intrusion by cell phones and emails (can we ever really go on vacation again when you are constantly locked into emails), I do not need one more piece of information. Whatever it is, it can wait (with the possible exception of updated Xavier basketball scores). Walter Cronkite reportedly stated that the 24 hour news cycle was not good for news. His perspective was that it motivated people to react without making the second or third phone call to establish the credibility or voracity of the story.

My friend, Joe Hice, of the University of Florida says that Facebook is the "shrine to oneself." If that is the case, Twitter would seem to me to be the child screaming in the middle of the store that implies "Hey, look at me!"

Tom Hayes

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