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Anonymous Tweeting Is For The Birds

August 28th, 2009 by Erin Posted in Twitter | No Comments »

Something new – and evil – is lurking on Twitter.

It’s not a virus.

It’s not spam.

It’s a new service designed especially for those who are scared to tie their names to their Twitter updates.

Yep, you read that right.

You can now send tweets anonymously though Tweet From Above and Tweet From Below.

As their names suggest, one service is meant for good; the other for evil.  Simply use the service to @reply someone – and they’ll see the tweet, but won’t know who it’s from.

Curious?

I just sent an anonymous tweet to myself using Tweet From Above and this is what it looked like:

tweetfromabove3 @ErinMcElveen Go back to bed! half a minute ago from API

Sure – from a third party app standpoint – this is a creative idea.

But come on – anonymous tweeting?

Sounds to me like this may become a breeding ground for harrassing, malicious tweets. And despite its stern terms of use warning – I really don’t think anyone will comply, especially if they’re posting from Tweet From Below.

It’s sort of like going back to junior high.

Thanks, but I’d rather not.

I’m keeping it real on Twitter and I hope the rest of Twitosphere does too.

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