Comments on: How Twitter May Tweak Your Relationships

By: Relational Tweeting | | Currently Exploring the Relational Intersection of: Psychology:. Theology:. Technology

Sat, 04 Dec 2010 05:17:12 +0000

[...] and that’s why I highly recommend that you read Simple Marriage’s blog post How Twitter May Tweak Your Relationships. They do a great job of really capturing some unique ways that Twitter can “tweak” your [...]

By: Jacos

Jacos — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:06:38 +0000

Hi…

Very intersecting idea.. if used correctly. I haven’t tried anything like this before, but will give it a whirl…

This did not happen to me, but I have noticed this with other couples, including my brothers new 2 month old relationship. All of this happens on the platform www(dot)facebook(dot)com.

It follows sort of the same idea as Twitter, but a lot more extensively. You can upload pictures, set you relationship status and with who and so on… Now all of these couples use facebook extensively, but the results are not always so positive… Partners get upset about things said, people interacted with and old photo’s uploaded about ex – girl/boy – friends… O and they use it to spy on each other… (probably boils down to trust..)

I know this is a very brief explanation, but real question is: What guidelines, except for the above, could you give to ensure that the results are more positive and uplifting?

Thnx..!

By: Harvey Stoppe

Harvey Stoppe — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:00:52 +0000

The support group is the most interesting part of this idea to me? Any recommendations as to how one should go about acquiring one?

By: Jeff Lee

Jeff Lee — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:53:40 +0000

That’ a great idea. Trouble is, I don’t have access to Twitter (or the rest of the internet, really) while I’m at work.

By: Melanie Thomassian

Melanie Thomassian — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:23:58 +0000

What an excellent concept..I really hadn’t considered using Twitter this way before.

We use G-Chat for this in our home, but I like the idea of having another way of reaching the family. Also, the Twitter group support is a fun idea.

By: amber

amber — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:02:44 +0000

Interesting post to me because the whole reason I ever started using Twitter was to help communication in my marriage.

My husband is of the “detail over-provide” variety and after he’d carry on about his day, he’d ask me how mine was. My “it was fine” answer was never satisfying for him (and rightfully so!). I started using Twitter to make notes of the interesting or unusual things that happened through the day (usually sent via SMS from my phone) and those turned into talking points for the evening. A VERY useful tool to say the least.

By: Relational Tweeting

Relational Tweeting — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:27:49 +0000

By: Rhett Smith

Rhett Smith — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:46:56 +0000

I love this post…so great. I will be linking it at my blog.

Rhett Smith

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:09:17 +0000

This is a great strategy. I think I might actually suggest it to my family that has the same issue. At the very least it underscores how important it is to be able to present and think about one’s ideas clearly and succintly. I have observed many arguments and blow ups that seemed mostly to be caused by poor understanding of the terms of the argument, and I don’t just mean that people insufficiently understood the other side’s views. We fail to understand our own views well enough too.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:04:09 +0000

I like the idea of having a group to collaborate and problem solve with. A lot of the times when I am in the midst of a problem, my mind is racing and finding a good solution is difficult. Having a support group a tweet away is a wonderful idea!