Twitter - the name shame game.

Tuesday, April 29. 2008

Twitter - the name shame game.

Kara Swisher notes at a Washington DC wedding (that well known representation of all society

) she found a tiny % of people who knew about Twitter. She's wrong of course - what she found was that very few people admit to using Twitter in public.

Because of the name. It's just so totally naff !

Unless you live in Upper Geekville, you cannot, as a sane, functional adult, admit to "Tweeting" on "Twitter" fer chrissake

And how about taking a Business Case to the board of BigTelco Ltd to acquire.....Twitter? Snork. End of career.....can't we call it something neutral, or a 3LA, or something

We need a serious name to jump this chasm, something we're not ashamed to sing out when hanging out with Rugger Buggers, Beer Drinkers, Significant Others We Want to Have, and so on.

Update - ABC says Enterprises will be "tweeting" - this I want to see...serious suits saying they "tweet" each other.

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