by Anna Post
Today I joined Twitter. www.twitter.com/AnnaPost. Up until now I had felt like one of those hold outs who wouldn't read Harry Potter or see Juno because of the hype.
Silly me. The forum is perfect for little etiquette quirks I hear about or links to interesting news that I either don't have enough to say about in a blog, or more usually, don't have the time to do justice to in a blog. One of my first tweets today was on the now-public email rant that DC Congressional staffer Elizabeth Becton made about someone calling her "Liz." There are so many etiquette angles about it I would love to explore:
And yes, my correct-usage-of-the-English-language loving mother is now calling me a Twit. She gets the whole Twitter thing, but it sure is making her laugh awful loud.
Silly me. The forum is perfect for little etiquette quirks I hear about or links to interesting news that I either don't have enough to say about in a blog, or more usually, don't have the time to do justice to in a blog. One of my first tweets today was on the now-public email rant that DC Congressional staffer Elizabeth Becton made about someone calling her "Liz." There are so many etiquette angles about it I would love to explore:
- avoid nicknames unless you are sure it's okay
- call or see someone if an email goes South--as The New York Times reported, in the absence of tone or voice or facial expression our interpretation defaults to the negative
- your image in business isn't yours alone, it's also your company's, or in this case, Congressman's
- emails seem private in business; they aren't
- good etiquette doesn't use ALL CAPS
- good etiquette corrects without chastising
- good etiquette accepts apologies
- good etiquette... well, you get the idea
And yes, my correct-usage-of-the-English-language loving mother is now calling me a Twit. She gets the whole Twitter thing, but it sure is making her laugh awful loud.
You are a twerd!
Posted by: Dawn | August 28, 2009 at 09:53 AM