To Tweet or not to Tweet?

Our assignment this week for Betty Blogger Summer School has students deciding whether or not to sign up for a Twitter account. I am opting to not sign up. I understand Twitter and the appeal, but I am already involved with social networking through my personal Facebook account. I usually log into Facebook every day, and if I had a Twitter account it would just mean more time spent on the Internet and really, I do have other things I need to do! :)

My son has recently started Tweeting (does that make him a Twitter-er?). Perhaps it is just due to his young age, but I can't help but view Twitter as a bit of a time-waster, with people Tweeting frequently about trivial things.

I think that social networking does pose an extreme risk to privacy, and that users have to be aware of how much personal information they are making accessible and take precaution to engage an appropriate level of security measures.