Reasons Not To Twitter: Chris Krewson Faces The Critics
Were you as bored as everyone else by the Inquirer’s decision last week to try and hold some content from going online until it runs in the paper? Chris Krewson, executive editor for online/news at the Inky, wasn’t. Krewson spent an awful lot of time last week responding to chides and “WTF?” queries on his Twitter account, and it’s still going on. In addition to this all being a fairly colossal waste of time — the Inky is obviously not an open-source entity, so why start acting like one (or even acting like it cares, especially now) — it’s boring. And the more Krewson responds to his trolls, quantifying and explaining the Michelangelo-esque nuances of the Inky’s decision, the more you kind of start to think that he deserves it. The back-and-forth has already spawned this insufferable, tempest-in-a-teapot interview, and we get the sense that sadly, this post will only serve to keep it going for another day or so. As goes the Twitterer, so goes the tweet. Or something like that. If nothing else, this should all just go to show that Twitter is not a place to take on one’s critics. Twitter, if it’s good for anything, is best for laying down the law.
August 11th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Awesome, that’s totally not the first time I’ve been called “insufferable,” but it’s usually by my mom. Thanks for the link!
Oh, BTW, do you really think it’s unwise for a newspaper editor to respond to media critics?
August 11th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
If by “media critics” you mean “randoms on Twitter,” then yes.
August 11th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
Hey tips, back off. This west coaster has a _thesis project_, and a _ten year_ (+) plan!
August 11th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
@C. Hmm… Perhaps I need to update my bio? I’m in sunny Rochester, NY these days. But next time I’m in Philly, I’ll be sure to stop by.
August 11th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Ryan, remember back in the day when people could textually address each other with a simple comma? In Philly, those of us not sucking the tweet teat still do that. Anyway, sorry your bio or personal brand is geographically unstable. Good luck in Rochester, I’m sure you’re really showing the D&C and maybe City how to do it!
Tips, I stand corrected, your dealing with a Rochesterarian who may have a _master’s degree_, and a _ten year plan_.