His post has now been taken down, but Williams' gut-reaction to the Houston loss - "WTF I can't believe what happened man my senior season isn't goin' anything like what I busted my azz for... - still remains proudly posted, along with very similar sentiments from offensive lineman Brandon Carter:
"This is not how I saw our season," [Carter] wrote on Twitter early Sunday morning. "I just cried like am (sic) idiot. I want us to be so good my last year and I feel like I’m letting everyone down."
Carter also used the feed to break the news that he'd been suspended for next week's game against New Mexico and stripped of his captaincy. That post was also soon deleted, but not before it had fueled a round of high-profile wire stories Sunday night.
Obviously one might wonder why anyone even remotely famous would be using a public social networking site... but as the Raiders found out, it's not about what you say but how you say it.The danger of sites such as Facebook and Twitter (come on, is anyone actually using MySpace any more?) is that within seconds, a single random (and possibly career-destroying) thought can be broadcast worldwide to a phenomenally large audience.
They may not be sitting in front of a microphone, but stars and celebs alike need to realize that their 'private' usage of Twitter is akin to putting out a worldwide press-release each time they so much as report on what they're eating for breakfast.
Forget Drunk-Calling, Highway-Texting or Pants-Pocket Dialling, the Twitter Hangover is the latest and greatest social Faux-Pas. Whether you're famous or not, the fallout from an errant remark like this can be not only embarrassing, but potentially libelous. Here's five Tips on how to avoid embarrassing yourself on Twitter.
For those of us still in the Dark Ages on how to use Twitter, here's a nice simple introduction to the site:
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