People should be careful of what you tweet/post/shout out...

Interesting concept... i'm not sure how i would act in their situation. All i know is that as public figures, they have a moral responsibility to their fans or followers, and shouldn't be airing their dirty laundry in public. However we all know that the industry as you so nicely put it feeds upon this scandal in order to sell magazines etc. So we're in a catch 22. I know of celebrities who leak their own scandals in order to create a media frenzy. (whatever that means!) And they enjoy having people talking about their most personal aspects of life. All publicity is good publicity for them. So it doesn't really shock me that they complain and moan on social networking sites. I just don't think i would as much.

I am not famous or well known at all, but I would keep my comments to myself anyway. I do not say anything that I would not want family and friends to know about me. I do not put it in writing, and I do not put it out on the internet. There is always someone waiting to trip you up with your own words.

I am on some social networking sites but, because I never want to embarrass my husband, or myself, I am careful of what I say. Also, I would never want to make it hard to get a job because of something I put in a status. I am well aware that anything you put online is permanent. I am proud of my public profile and never want to regret saying something. I have made it a rule not to say anything in a status update that I wouldn't say to anyone in the entire world. That is always in the back of my mind when I think of something to say in my status.

i think celebrities are just being true to themselves when they tweet/post/shout out. like we normal people we just vent, or put something when we feel bad and we put also something when we are happy. or sometimes we put something that is just crazy or nasty. for a celebrity... to post good or bad still it draws attention. you are no longer human when all you put is good things as all people has not so good thing part as well. i guess they are just being true to their selves if they post something. media always watch what they do, good or bad it always ends up in the paper. some of this celebrities are used to it already so they dont mind. this is how being popular pay the price.

There was something about my company debunking what somebody had tweeted about it. If the person worked here, they could probably get fired for posting something negative about the company. Yup, be careful about what you post publicly unless you're prepared to deal with the repercussions.

If I was a public figure, I'd keep most of my spur-of-the-moment thoughts to myself. I'd still get a charge out of reading other people's slips though. Keep that in mind for when YOU get famous, ok?

Theresaaiza as my son is always telling me never put anything on the net that you do not want the whole world to know about.So if I was a celebrity I would indeed keep negative remarks to myself as I am a private person and also I would want to keep the same morals and character I had before I became a star.After all stars like us common folk do use mirrors and they can either smile at themselves in the mirror or shudder because they are ashamed of what has been goingon in their private lives.

hi there. i totally agree with you. even those who aren't public figures, they have problems with facebook,twitter and other tweet accounts. let's face it, celebrities do NOT have the right to their social lives. what more tweeting. everything that they post and comment could either be good for them or bad for them. sad to say, as long as people remember uttering their names, they will always be the source of issue. let along twitting about their personal lives. people always come up with something to talk about.

I think that is very good advice. Personally I tend to watch what and how I say things. I try to stay as positive and/or diplomatic as possible. I think all adults, not just celebrities would do well to watch what they put in print on the internet. They never know when their professional image will be on the line.

Reminds me of an Aesop's fable. A fox was strolling one night when he heard a bird sing a beautiful sad song as he passed by a house. Now, very night when he passes through the house, he can hear the bird sing. After a few nights he approached the bird which he found was inside a cage. He then asked the bird: "Why do you sing at night and not during the day, when all the other birds sing?" the bird replied, "I used to sing in the morning, but that is how I got caught by a hunter and placed in this cage". Similar with the tweet wars on going, people should always consider the effect of what will happen when they open their traps. What you might say might be your downfall. Like the bird, the bird sang, not caring what will happen, and then BAM! a hunter grabs him and cages here forever.

yep.. :) what you say actually reflects what you are :)

I agree with you about celebs. But if I were in their shoes, I really don't know. If I were to base it on my current personality (assuming that I'm this way even if I'm a public figure), probably I won't go public with my comments. I value my privacy. I am also not comfortable of using the shoutout/tweet to tell everyone of my whereabouts or what I'm feeling. I've tried it a few times but I realized I don't want everyone to know where I've been or what I've been doing through my posts so I stopped. :)

I am probably far too honest, I think. I am sure I would put too much personal information online! I would just have to hope if I ever got famous, I didn't have time to go online!!

In a way yes. But in my case for as long as I dont name names, just some blind items. They wont be able to nail me for it. I'am no celebrity anyway. I just tweet what I feel.. well, now if the people Iam referring to in that tweet got affected. Its not my problem anymore.

I hear you on this one. I was writing about a person that I've been having problems with and all of a sudden she calls me and tells me that my boyfriend( now ex) was saying a whole bunch of stuff about me behind my back. Supposedly this was to his family. Anyways, stuff can get you in trouble and although this really didn't me, it does show to go that people do read this stuff. the twitter accounts are usually guarded by the owners but a lot of face book and my space accounts are taken care of by there editors. So sometimes it's the editors.