Can tweeting be dangerous?

No Doubt tweeting or facebook updates are the latest buzz. yes, people are socially active. But have anyone ever thought that it can be dangerous.

Now, some good aspects of tweeting is that celebrities and companies are using it as a communication channel to interact with people and customers. No doubt that Facebook played a greater role in Obama’s victory [1,2]. He communicated with the youth through social networking sites like Facebook etc

Now look at the downside of the social communication sites. Recently, Shashi Tharoor [3] gave up his foreign ministry post because of the controversy he ran into or say because of dirty politics. Modi[4], IPL chairman, was also very actively twitting about the updates and this made Income Tax department active. Shashi was also active thru Facebook sharing his thoughts with the world. As a result of all these controversies , Shashi lost his ministerial powers and very soon Modi will not be spared. There are rumours that he will resign after IPL 3 will be over.
The article[5] by V Raghunathan published in Times of India probes how Social Media led to the fall of Shashi Tharoor and Modi. Both fall from great heights, rightly said…..

Once more proven, it is either the money or the women that leads to fight. In this controversy both were involved.

[1] http://www.usnews.com/articles/opinion/2008/11/19/barack-obama-and-the-facebook-election.html

[2] http://www.facebook.com/notes/public-relations-sydney/how-social-media-won-obama-the-us-election/137322629321

[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shashi_Tharoor

[4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalit_Modi

[5] http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Outraged/entry/they-have-both-fallen-but