Angry Tweets

I am usually very mindful of what I post anywhere on the Internet, you never know when it will come back and bite you on the a$$$

I should also mention that often, when I'm angry about something a piece of software does, if there's a way to suggest an alternative to how something works, I do that instead. I even do that with Adobe, even though their problems often can seem to be attributed to laziness, since that is how they are perceived as a company by most.

I've tweeted about a lot of stupid things than annoy me online. People probably think I'm really angry. Some things piss me off, but I'm not really an angry person. I often tweet funny or happy things. I just hate it when people do stupid things (often purposely) or treat people unfairly, or unjustly. Honestly, I often tweet about things that you can tell are messed up because someone took a short cut in their job that a first year graduate wouldn't do and they're charging you a lot of money for the privilege of using said shortcut. Or sometimes I tweet about consumer injustices. Sometimes I tweet about stupid things that happen in politics. I've gotten a few responses to tweets from companies, and all of it was positive and solved the problem, and I made sure to tweet about how they fixed the issue. As for those on my feed, I haven't really lost anyone, and no one has complained. I keep it back if I can, but otherwise I let it rip. I'm not going to change who I am to suit my followers. Most of them reply back that the same things annoy them, so perhaps I've attracted like-minded followers. For the most part it's venting, no doubt. I think it's healthier than just keeping the anger to myself. My wife sometimes asks me why I keep telling her about the idiot that just ran me off on the road or whatever and I explain that I just want to tell my story—to know that at least one person heard about it. I'm sorry to give such a lengthy response, but I feel passionate about this issue. The thing I hate the most in the world is letting an asshole continue to be an asshole. I no longer take crap from people if I can avoid it, and sometimes twitter is the only way that I can at least call them out on it. Even if they never know, at least someone else does. Hopefully that explains my position well enough.

It's funny how it is the first place to turn these days. I always give out about stuff on Twitter and even about people (footballers etc) without ever thinking that those people could actually be reading it. It's the anonomitity of the whole thing I suppose that makes it so easy to give out

I haven't sent an angry tweet...yet. In general, I think it's OK to vent online (Twitter or elsewhere) as long as you've tried to solve your problem through other channels first. There are some companies that just don't get customer service. It's so frustrating to deal with them on seemingly simple things. If they're not going to pay attention when you call, write or email, they deserve to be criticized publicly. It can definitely make a difference. One of my colleagues was waiting (for days!) for the furnace repair man to show up. He never came when he was supposed to and her kids were freezing without heat (I live in Toronto). So she tweeted about it. And guess what? Her furnace was fixed pretty quickly.

I am shocked, SHOCKED I tell you, to read an Angry Social Media Nerd telling me not to tweet angry tweets. I will never come back to this site and obviously, this will make your business fail. Because I'm important like that. No, seriously, I love to vent on Twitter. Of course, I have a "private", closed account to do so. In my other accounts I basically vomit unicorns and rainbows every day. I'd say it is therapeutic. Sometimes I get really funny and sarcastic replies to my rants, which make me laugh very much.

Twitter was made so that you could talk about anything and everything within 140 characters. Sure, it has a little different purpose these days, but people still use it as a platform to talk, vent, discuss, whatever. I don't think there's necessarily anything wrong with venting about something on Twitter. You never know who's listening. I know it seems improbable that one tweet can 'change the world', but you really never know. That one tweet could have at least brought the attention to someone.