Comments on: Can Your Tweets Be Used as Evidence? http://profy.com/2008/03/30/twitter-as-evidence/ Internet news and commentary Sun, 12 Oct 2008 04:56:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Pikov http://profy.com/2008/03/30/twitter-as-evidence/#comment-421801 Pikov Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:19:41 +0000 http://profy.com/2008/03/30/twitter-as-evidence/#comment-421801 Anyone who posts *anything* to the web needs to understand that it is being saved on a hard drive somewhere in the world. Nothing you post is transitory -- it's the complete opposite, more permanent than you! Anyone who posts *anything* to the web needs to understand that it is being saved on a hard drive somewhere in the world. Nothing you post is transitory — it’s the complete opposite, more permanent than you!

]]> By: Cyndy Aleo-Carreira http://profy.com/2008/03/30/twitter-as-evidence/#comment-421751 Cyndy Aleo-Carreira Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:03:00 +0000 http://profy.com/2008/03/30/twitter-as-evidence/#comment-421751 Daniel, I agree that most forms can and probably will be used as evidence. With Twitter, however, I think most users use it with the mentality that it's a transitory service, more in-the-moment than profiles and connections on social networks that are more static. I know that I would never have thought of SMS messages used in that way until I read the NYT piece, but then again, I don't put a whole lot of personal information out there, either. Daniel, I agree that most forms can and probably will be used as evidence. With Twitter, however, I think most users use it with the mentality that it’s a transitory service, more in-the-moment than profiles and connections on social networks that are more static. I know that I would never have thought of SMS messages used in that way until I read the NYT piece, but then again, I don’t put a whole lot of personal information out there, either.

]]> By: Daniel R http://profy.com/2008/03/30/twitter-as-evidence/#comment-421601 Daniel R Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:33:53 +0000 http://profy.com/2008/03/30/twitter-as-evidence/#comment-421601 Cyndy, Not very surprising. And more importantly, why cant all forms of media be used as evidence? We've heard of enough stories of police on MySpace and Facebook, specifically looking into profiles and friend connections. And emails obviously are a source of evidence. So why not twitter? Facebook profiles to twitters to comments on YouTube. They're all trackable and traceable. They are all part of your "brand" and yes probably legal evidence as well. Daniel Cyndy,

Not very surprising. And more importantly, why cant all forms of media be used as evidence?

We’ve heard of enough stories of police on MySpace and Facebook, specifically looking into profiles and friend connections. And emails obviously are a source of evidence. So why not twitter?

Facebook profiles to twitters to comments on YouTube. They’re all trackable and traceable. They are all part of your “brand” and yes probably legal evidence as well.

Daniel

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