It happens. People argue. It happens in workplaces. It happens in stores. It happens during softball games, during large gatherings and at bars right before closing time. People get into arguments and they start fighting. I’m not ready to say that it’s human nature, but it certainly is a regular part of the human condition.
It happens on twitter” rel=”tag”>twitter, too. Eventually you’ll run into one of these heated exchanges. It’s even possible that you might come close to stumbling into one of them yourself.
Notice that I said “come close”. That’s because I’m keeping the faith that you’re smart enough to avoid a Twitter fight.
These arguments attract a great deal of the wrong kind of attention. They turn people off (you can lose followers), they smack of immaturity (there goes your credibility building efforts), and they brand you as the guy or gal who get into that “screaming” Twitter fight, which is not the kind of label you want to wear.
If a fight is brewing, walk away from it. There’s never a good reason to start mixing it up with someone online, especially in a social networking forum like Twitter where you really don’t want the world to think you’re a hot-head.
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