Using Twitter Direct Messages like Email can be scary
Happens to me all the time while dishing off replies/Direct Messages on Twitter... a DM gets sent out as a public tweet because the D is somehow misplaced or not there at all. It happened to one of Tim O'Reilly's handlers and disclosed Tim's speaking fee:

(c/o Valleywag)
The mistake is worse than the old "Reply All" email mistake for the very obvious eternity-based reasons. Solution? Remember not to tweet contract details! Email will continue to live on...

(c/o Valleywag)
The mistake is worse than the old "Reply All" email mistake for the very obvious eternity-based reasons. Solution? Remember not to tweet contract details! Email will continue to live on...
Several years ago, I recall someone sending out an email to almost all San Diego Realtors seeking employment as a virtual assistant.
The only problem was that each and every email address was revealed--and scraped by more than a few.
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Pat-
We had one of these episodes, huh?
This post made me laugh. It's scary.
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Haha, I actually did this the other day. Luckily I caught it right away and deleted the tweet.
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