A Public-Service Announcement: Twitter Is Dangerous...: Live from Crows Coffee

Twitter should only be used for:

links to things you think people ought to read.
praise of others.
laments that you have been misinterpreted, and that all nuance has been lost because of the limits of 140 characters.

For example, last week:

@jacobwe: New "plagiarism" charges against @FareedZakaria are silly.
@jacobwe: Here's the full @FareedZakaria rap sheet. Totally off base, IMO. http://t.co/3livp8ilkl
@blippoblappo: Hey Jacob, is Fareed Zakaria plagiarizing in a Slate column "silly" to you? https://ourbadmedia.wordpress.com/2014/09/24/yes-the-indefensible-fareed-zakaria-also-plagiarized-in-his-fancy-liquor-columns-for-slate/ @jacobwe @fareedzakaria
@crushingbort: Yes, The Indefensible Fareed Zakaria Also Plagiarized In His Fancy Liquor Columns For Slate http://wp.me/p4QYzT-4h
@blippoblappo: If @jacobwe doesn't think things like this are worthy of a retraction of a Zakaria column in Slate, what is?
@blippoblappo: hey @BenMathisLilley you should probably shoot an email with this & your previous great article on Zakaria's plagiarism to bossman @jacobwe
@squarelyrooted: < 28 hrs from @jacobwe pooh-poohing @blippoblappo & @crushingbort's evidence of @FareedZakaria's plagarism and them finding more - in @Slate
@blippoblappo: @squarelyrooted @jacobwe @crushingbort @fareedzakaria @slate it actually took about 30 minutes to find the plagiarism, another day to write
@jacobwe: @blippoblappo You take a source he CITES, then point to info that comes from that source, differently phrased. Not remotely plagiarism.
@garonsen: @jacobwe @blippoblappo The info comes 300 words later in the story in a separate paragraph, bit of a stretch to call that a proper citation.
@nickLbrothers: @garonsen @blippoblappo @jacobwe & a paraphrase should be summation even w/ cite, not switching two words out for synonyms.
@jacobwe: @blippoblappo When it comes to TV, I've got news for you. TV personalities say things they don't write themselves. The even hire "writers."
@jacobwe: @blippoblappo Also, your bullying vigilantism is pure J. Edgar Hoover: If you challenge us, we'll investigate YOU. Sorry, not intimidated

Now Jacob Weisberg is on record as stating that his Slate's "investigations" are intended adversarial takedowns rather than truth-finding exercises of journalism. Really not something that he would have wished to have done under any circumstances, and really not a smart career move at all...