A wise man once wondered: If a tweet is written on the internet that is a completely useless waste of time, does anybody read it? The answer, due to the sheer volume of people frequenting Twitter, is an unfortunate yes. But just because people read it, doesn’t mean it’s not crap.  Ask Dan Brown.

We've been experimenting with Twitter and live-blogging here at Showcase for a little while now, so this subject has been bouncing around in our minds for some time. To remind ourselves of the types of garbage that nobody wants to read in the social media mondo-sphere, I’ve compiled a list of the 5 occasions when absolutely no one wants to read your tweets. Read carefully, and tweet responsibly.

Performing surgery: You’ve got someone’s life in your hands, dammit!  What could possibly be so important?

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Getting a Migraine: There are lots of useful things you can do with a migraine (like increasing the amount of vomit in the world), but tweeting is not one of them.  To whit:


Anybody interested in a turbo-downer can watch the video here.  Speaking of downers…
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Enduring the Depression: Guess what, poor people?  Nobody wants to hear your tweets!  Why do you think we didn’t invent the internet for another 50 years?

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Realizing you have Tourette’s:

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You just stepped on dogshit:  Look, we all feel bad about your situation, but no one wants to hear that you just stepped on some fresh dogshit.