Twitter’s Hidden Dangers - How Calacanis Lost $900 Last Month
I really should try Twitter, but being so ultra-connected just doesn’t seem worth it. Not to mention the hidden dangers as posted by Muhammed Saleem.
Danger 1: Loss of quality and relevancy
Danger 2: Hidden Costs
Danger 3: TMI: Too Much Information
And then there’s more recent Tweet that said too much by Steve Rubel of Micro Persuasion (which is a blog I also follow).
Oh, and Jason Calacanis’s (who’s blog I don’t follow) $237 extra phone bill charge for 2367 extra text messages. 2400 text messages - I barely have enough time in my life for what I’m already doing, much less reading 2400 extra messages.
Just to do the math: @ 10 seconds per text (to open phone, read, put phone away, and distraction time), that’s 24000 seconds of used time. Or 6 hours 40 minutes. At a cost of $50/hr, you’ve basically spent about $600 in money and productivity on this service. I’m sure Jason is earning closer to $100 per hour, meaning he lost about $900 this month.
Are the benefits worth this? I see few.
