Twitter For Preschool

What if every preschooler had a twitter account?  What would a simple tweet look like?  Well, maybe that idea is not to far fetched as you think.  Kids today are more tech savvy then ever and the little ones are mastering the art of fine typing just by watching adults.  My son is 3 years old and he loves to play with mommy's phone.  He has mastered the first two digits of the passcode and it's just a matter of time before he gets the last two.  On occasion, when my wife leaves her phone unlocked, I notice his fascination with the virtual keyboard.  Since Tweets can be done in 140 characters or less, this would be perfect for pre-school age kids to have a field day.  I also think they would break all the Twitter rules on content boundaries, spam abuse.    Rules like Impersonation, Trademark, Violence and Threats all go out the window with daycare tweets.  And what would you say to tech support when things get out of control? I imagine a typical session going something like this:

Twitter Tech Support: Hello, my name is agent 34087, how may I solve your tweet today?
Parent: Oh, yes....my son is sending automatic tweets to my co-workers and other children.
Twitter Tech Support: Ok....is this your account?
Parent: Yes, but I didn't give permission.
Twitter Tech Support: Are you calling to file a Terms of Service or Rules Complaint?
Parent: What!? Yes, I guess so...
Twitter Tech Support: How many tweets would you say has been sent? Are you getting the error 

Twitter is over capacity.  Too many tweets.  Please wait a moment and try again.

Parent: (Angry) I don't know, just make it go a away...
Twitter Tech Support: Ok...what is the account name?
Parent: @offwallpts
Twitter Tech Support: (Silence)
Parent: Hello...are you there?
Twitter Tech Support: oh my god!!!  Are you the Off The Wall Parents?  I love your tweets.  Everybody here loves it!!!!
Parent: (very angry) Look, I just want them to stop. 
Twitter Tech Support: Ok, but...
Parent: ( very, very angry) are you going to help?
Twitter Tech Support: Hey, I just received a tweet from....
Parent: Son, what are you doing?
So, the next time you see a strange tweet with lots of random characters, it might not be someone with a hangover, but someone 3 feet high and rising.

 


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