Emboldened by a few glasses of wine one Saturday night, Tara Hunt ranted on Twitter about her frustrations with San Francisco’s dating scene. She soon regretted it.
At work a couple of days later, her venting was topic No. 1 in the boardroom at Intuit, where Hunt works in marketing. Her colleagues had read the message and, to her embarrassment, chimed in about her love life.
“For those who don’t know me well, it might leave the wrong impression of who I am,” said Hunt, who is a fixture on the Silicon Valley startup scene.
Twitter, Facebook and other similar online services are making it easier than ever for people to share their thoughts with others. But the obsession many people have for posting updates also raises the question: When does sharing about one’s personal life cross the line and become too much information?
all this may not matter if these sites can’t find a way to make $$ (right now they are blowing through VC cash big time):
http://adage.com/mediaworks/article?article_id=136388
This might also be a good argument for avoiding even a little alcohol. You never know how how much a little impariment of judgment might cost you.