Be careful what you say....

[davieG]

...even if you are just a bit pissed off or joking.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/twitter/7706197/Accountant-used-Twitter-to-threaten-to-blow-up-airport.html

[Jay]

is it really in the "public interest" to prosecute someone for something like this, give him a criminal record, lose his job?

it may have been a stupid thing to say but just seems a total waste of time and resources to me.

[Alexikokopops]

This was all over Twitter last week (how much of a dick does that sentence make me sound?). It's a little bit ridiculous really.

[Jon the Hat]

If you were stood outside the airport saying what he said you would expect a response. Or think of Twitter as writing it on a poster and leaving it outside, or sending a letter to the Airport. Not so funny, and people need to realise that they are not talking only to their mates, they are writing something to the world at large. Prosecution? Pointless. We will no doubt see more examples of this as they world comes to terms with the informality of Twitter and Facebook for example. Perhaps a caution for Wasting police time would have been more appropriate.

[Alexikokopops]

If you were stood outside the airport saying what he said you would expect a response. Or think of Twitter as writing it on a poster and leaving it outside, or sending a letter to the Airport. Not so funny, and people need to realise that they are not talking only to their mates, they are writing something to the world at large. Prosecution? Pointless. We will no doubt see more examples of this as they world comes to terms with the informality of Twitter and Facebook for example. Perhaps a caution for Wasting police time would have been more appropriate.

Except if you write it on a poster and leave it outside, or sending a letter, you're directing it directly to the airport, and making a point of letting them know. When there's 600 public tweets a second you you're not going to expect it to make it's way to them.

[Jon the Hat]

Except if you write it on a poster and leave it outside, or sending a letter, you're directing it directly to the airport, and making a point of letting them know. When there's 600 public tweets a second you you're not going to expect it to make it's way to them.

Agreed, but there is also tagging and search functions and google. I guess the point is this is not a text message to a private group.