The reason why I still don’t see the point in items such as “heading into a staff meeting” or when other people say they use it so people know where they are is because that’s exactly what voice mail and email are for. People are using Twitter to say things like “I’m at the movies” so their friends know why they aren’t answering the phone or responding to an email. But what happened to just leaving a message or waiting for someone to write you back? Why do we need to know exactly why we can’t reach someone?

With Meyer’s situation, that’s my point. I get that there may be others closer to him that may like to know what he’s up to, I still don’t get why they can’t just call, get his voice message, and think “okay, he must be busy, I’ll leave a message and he can get back to me.”

I have nothing against people who use Twitter. The more I learn about it, the more I realize how it can be valuable, but the need for everyone to know exactly why someone isn’t getting back the them right that second is a little much to me. Sometimes I don’t answer the phone or respond to an email simply because I don’t want to. Does that mean I should be putting “currently ignoring contact” on my Twitter page?