How To Agree, Disagree & Remain Friends On Twitter: 3 Unique Perspectives. [Part 1]
We had a heated exchange on Twitter yesterday- Post is long but worth the read! 😀
Regina – drflower’s perspective on how to agree, disagree and remain friends on Twitter
It’s NOT always simple to get your point across in 140 characters per post. Especially when the stakes are high. We are talking about our environment. Keeping cool every sec on this issue is just plain tough! Here is what was said:
sarvasoap Have ordered samples of new packaging materials, looking forward to trying them out. Recycled and fair trade.packagingdiva @sarvasoap keep me posted on what U think. One of the topics I’ll be covering @ the Avery Dennison marketing seminar is the reality of Greendrflower @packagingdiva hey Avery- the green train is leaving, you gonna jump on? http://www.greentrainglobal.orgsarvasoap @packagingdiva say more re: the uninformed green train.drflower @packagingdiva I’m with @sarvasoap please elaborate 🙂packagingdiva @drflower GT says fancy, flashy packaging is designed to do little more than grab your attention, is also expensive. Read http://is.gd/1orSsarvasoap re: Packaging. I’m not an expert OBVS, but there are people who care more about green than about glitz. The minority, but they are out theredrflower @packagingdiva I don’t want a true debate here on twitter regarding green packaging b/c I’m NOT in the know. I’m a soaper. BUT…drflower @packagingdiva I’m also a frustrated parent opening toys for my kid-sigh at the many boxes/bags from a bulk Sam’s prod. item ie granola barsdrflower @packagingdiva It’s not clear cut to be sure but getting folks to think about packaging – You DO! greentrain needs YOU! 😉packagingdiva Having so much fun with Twitter survey almost forgot Packaging Tip Of the Day: Don’t package “green” unless it integrates with your brand.packagingdiva @drflower @sarvasoap the debate is not whether U should use environmentally friendly materials its about the truth of the eco pkg itself.drflower @packagingdiva “truth of the eco pkg itself” – not quite with you unless you mean I give a damn about our earth therefore I package green!packagingdiva Retweeting @sarvasoap: @packagingdiva are you out to get me??? 😉 Just helping you to make informed packaging decisions green or not.drflower @packagingdiva goodness NO – not out to get you at all! but not understanding clearly…packagingdiva @drflower example to explain – did you know making corn based plastic uses more energy than oil based? Is that an environmental win overall?drflower @packagingdiva @sarvasoap perhaps we’ve found a spot where twitter isn’t the best communication method. please accept my apologiesdrflower @packagingdiva corn based plastic is technically very difficult to compost/biodegrade also..i’m aware and DO read your links.packagingdiva @drflower Apology accepted though not necessary. I agree its vey hard to discuss something in 140 that takes hours to explain. DM email plz.drflower I know the lines are messy with green packaging. Same is true of safe cosmetics vs. all the fees for FDA testing. NOT simple subjects…
I really like JoAnn’s point of “Think before you tweet on topics that are sensitive.” JoAnn (Packaging Diva), Michelle (Sarvasoap) and I (drflower) went down a slippery slope on the topic of environmental packaging. When you look at the posts chronologically, I actually butted in when JoAnn was offering help to Michelle(sarvasoap) regarding green packaging and her upcoming seminar with Avery Denison. I hope that JoAnn and Michelle will forgive that. It’s really easy to do on twitter.
As a joke that didn’t come off as expected, I took that opportunity to mention the green train which has the purpose of promoting environmental awareness. JoAnn was really trying to point out that some “green” marketing products are not in fact as green as they seem. She’s posted many an article from twitter saying just that. I personally have learned many important facts from her posts regarding environment and upmost about packaging. I even mentioned that twitter was not the place to have a debate but continued on with my points. Perhaps twitter isn’t a bad place to start a debate but the trick is knowing when to take it elsewhere. Respect of your fellow “tweets” IS important. Perhaps they didn’t want to hear all the banter between JoAnn and I.
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Can you unfollow a person for a short time?
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Who says you can’t spend time on twitter or any other means of communication to talk about the issues that matter?
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My concern with Twitter is that I truly believe that JoAnn and I agree on this specific issue MORE than it even seems in our “twitter debate”. How do we show that? Say move to another tool like facebook where you see each post one after the other allowing for longer than 140 characters?
Social networking might give us an avenue to hash these thoughts “touchy” or otherwise and actually get to the meat of the matter. If we can do that, solutions will be right behind!
Thank you JoAnn and Michelle for your friendship. It happened from our Twitter network. Thank you Twitter!
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Regina
It seems that Jim Turner of Social Media Marketing Mastermind liked the post!
http://jimturnersmm.ning.com/forum/topic/show?id=2279603%3ATopic%3A1848