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As Social Media Week ends ever so gently around the world, organizers for the 2012 version might want to contact Miami Dolphins defensive end Jason Taylor.
He is not a big proponent of social media in the workplace. More specifically, in a players-only meeting after last week’s loss to the Houston Texans.
“It’s crazy the stuff that is our there now,” Taylor told the South Florida Sun Sentinel. “People tweet and twaht and all this other stuff that’s out. It’s amazing how much information can change hands. I remember, as a kid, you do that little thing where you tell your buddy a secret and he tells the next person and you tell the next person and five or six down the line it’s a completely different story … that’s the world we live in.”
Not sure where a person goes to “twaht.” Always thought that meant something decidedly different and was a noun rather than a verb. Ah, the ever-evolving English language.
“It’s a little disturbing that what was talked about in the locker room to begin with was talked about outside of the locker room,” Taylor said. “That’s a little disappointing to me. There was no media in there so it shouldn’t have been public. And I’m no prophet or genius or anything, I’m not saying anything different than the coach has been saying for the last four or five weeks. … It’s disappointing that it’s even in public. That should have been a very private moment … the cat’s out of the bag now.”
Meow.
On the bright side, the Dolphins do have cheerleaders. And a cheerleader calendar, in case anyone is interested. The editorial staff at elliottharris.com likes to think of the two previous sentences as something of a public service. Thereby enabling this entry to be part of the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service portfolio (or whatever the cyberspace equivalent is here in cyberspace).
OK, cue the video (from the Dolphins cheerleaders, not from Social Media Week):