Did @tweetsg’s reputation got destroyed instantly?
Ah. There is so much “buzz” online about @tweetsg… But did he destroy his reputation instantly?
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Did @tweetsg morph from a nice cute little tweety bird into a monster bird overnight?
The answer is NO. This guy speaks out his mind and is apparently not a very patient person. So, how is he “destroying his reputation” instantly when he is being himself?
Just some disclaimers before I continue:
- I don’t know the owner of @tweetsg personally
- I don’t use the tweet.sg service
- I have been following @tweetsg for about 2 months
- I don’t agree with him swearing at people
- I didn’t know that it is run by @jymster until @daphnemaia mentioned it in her tweet on associating the service and the creator.
To keep the story short, this guy has been running this free SMS gateway service for Singapore Twitter users and he appends “http://tweet.sg” at the end of tweets sending via the gateway. This has been made known to the user when he/she signs up. However, there are always people asking him to remove the URL at the end of the tweets. Guess being a “not very patient person” does make him irritable easily.
No… No… I do not agree with him swearing at people, but somehow this whole argument about destroying reputation and market share doesn’t apply on him.
Why do I say so?
- He has been like this since the day that I followed his tweets, so technically speaking, he is just maintaining his reputation. Nothing new, what? If you want to bitch him, just be prepared to be bitched back. Don’t even try to be self-righteous. If you want to be self-righteous, start your own free service. He even provides you with the guide and software to run your own gateway!
- He is running this service as his little project, not as a business. Probably he knows he is unable to monetise this. Do not even compare with free services like gothere.sg because they started with a business in mind. Do not even talk about market share with him because @tweetsg doesn’t even care. In fact, he is even recommending his “competitors” to his users through his tweets – sgbeat.com, smsyo.com and widgeo.us. He also teaches and provides you with the software to run your own gateway!
Anyway, @tweetsg just wrote a blog entry on making the system private.
That is his tone. Take it or leave it. For me, I have a data plan and I don’t like the idea of shouting into space without knowing the responses, if there are even any. But I am still going to follow him. He somehow reminds me of @singabeng. The only difference is that @singabeng is more vulgar. 
Vic, based on what you’ve seen/read/whatever, would you give serious consideration to hiring this guy in any organisational function that involves dealing with clients/external people?
If your answer is probably not or no, then I’d say his reputation has taken a hit. If your answer is yes and that clients will accept him for who it is, then I wish your organisation luck.
It’s all fine and dandy to say there’s no money and there’s no market share or whatever. But it’s a clear reflection on the individual’s ability (or inability) to handle pressure, customer demands and the like. And be it a fair assumption or not, the assumption is that the individual will bring that attitude/behavior to future work, regardless of whether there is money or marketshare involved or not.
Why bother about the noise made by those “Social Media Expert” wannabe.
@daryl: The centre of this discussion is on “this sage does not destroy @tweetsg’s reputation”. He doesn’t have a good reputation to begin with.
And of he is good, I will hire him. Bit of course I will think twice about sending him to meet customers. There are always backend development jobs available, you know?
Since you are already here, perhaps I shld append the link to your original post.
We all have to be mindful of how we are perceived in social media. Cos everything is so interconnected. My professional career is tied to my online persona though all my social media outlets – Plurk, Twitter, Facebook, etc… and all these sphere collide so often.
I had tried to keep all of my spheres separate – but they still overlap. Contacts i had made in social media eventually become my clients, consultants and vendors.
Anyways, even backend people need to meet customers some day. So its impossible to prevent him from rubbing people the wrong way (assuming his online persona is the same as his real life personality).
But from experience, people tend to be more flamboyant with their online persona – they are more brash and vocal virtually – but timid and well adjusted in real life. Assuming he sees Tweet.sg as a “for fun” thing rather than professional thing.
However, looking at his company’s website (Ennovative) he is doing SMS solutions. Looks like really connected to what he’s doing in Tweet.sg. So its actually not far off from his professional life – actually more like an extension / proofing ground for his products. Overall, not a wise move on his part on all counts.
What’s more, he’s 33 yrs old? And he’s still acting like that? Tsk tsk…
oh hah. way classy. how do you know that that’s a good example of destroyed reputation?
@sylv Think the h3 style is not getting your attention. Of course, that is not a good example, but a better example than what @uniquefrequency suggested.
Yes, I do know of one better example than the abovementioned, but it is an organisation instead of an individual. An organisation copied commoncraft style of video and how they tried to cover up by deleted all the comments.
Do you need me to dig that example for your reading pleasure? Think you should be able to find it yourself, right?
Oh, before I forget, thank you for popping by
Here is my two puny cents. (I hope jymster won’t label me as a busybody for saying this)
It doesn’t matter if anyone will hire jymster or not. Because jymster himself doesn’t need anyone to hire him. He is an running his own business. So what is this talk about will you hire him or not? If you go around and see, there are a lot of CEO out there that have worst attitude than him. I see until sian already.
I’m not saying that this kind of attitude is right. But at least he has the guts to admit that this is his personality. THAT I salute him. Unlike others who pretend to be nice when they are not.
Not everyone is meant for the PR role. Some people just don’t make the cut. The most important thing is to put the right person in the PR role. And not just grab any ah kow or ah niao along the street and ask them fill in the PR role. That one is pure suicide.
+1. As for this self proclaimed expert, no prizes for guessing why he is still unemployed. And no I would not hire a cocky brash arrogant person who calls other people infantile names like ‘shit stirrer’ in online discussions.
Major fail. His personality and obsession with being ‘right’ is such a put off.
Excellent argument and putting forth of points. With the usual sycophants making their usual herd attacks, yours is a refreshing and brave opinion.