Twitter at Conferences? No, thank you...

Remember what I said about having a twitter wall displaying to the entire crowd? And I was talking about a few hundred people. Imagine to thousands.
It's funny to read this Chris Pirillo article (I know it's an "old" article but I'm cleaning my inbox and I'm late with it) precisely about having twitter on a conference. I imagine they haven't exposed a twitter wall while the speakers were talking, but definitely the audience used the service massively. And unfortunately not very civilized.
Here's the thing: it's not because we use a web version, a "virtual" parallel world that manners and civilized rules should be broken. We are still John Carter, Melinda Smith and the Rui Nunes in both worlds.
I guess to be behind a mobile device screen or behind a laptop while writing things on a negative way may seem secure, but it's not. It's still your name and brand the ones that are being burned. And the targets of your words are being hurt and prejudiced as well.
We need to behave. We need to be human. To care and make constructive criticism. Constructive... and caring about someone that actually done something even if they should improve some details next time. But they've DONE something. How many from any audience has done and provided to the community? The answer should be very few. Yet, people critic and yell on their twitter wall, for the smallest thing.
So, once again, when we go to an event we should pay attention to the speakers. We need to respect the fact that they're there for some reason, and enjoy or not what they have to say. You can still twitt about it. But choosing CAREFULLY what to say and AFTER you listen to the speaker at that time.


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I don't think the Twitter Wall should be dismissed entirely, but maybe limited to smaller and more selected audiences.
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