A third (who seemed a bit odd) told me I shouldn't be annoying people on Twitter ( I ignored him ).
He told me that I was in the wrong. He didn't know what Twitter was (I asked him).Odd? Seems perfectly reasonable to me.
Can I have the name of that solicitor please, sounds like a sensible chap. Particularly as he doesn’t know what Twatter is. And no I did not misspell Twatter.He told me that I was in the wrong. He didn't know what Twitter was (I asked him).
A third (who seemed a bit odd) told me I shouldn't be annoying people on Twitter
One got back with a 1 liner: we are unable to help you.
What I'm saying is they (my employers) really took no notice but asked you not to add anything that might add to the fire.
Can anyone give me any advice here?
So let me get this straight...
You made mean comment about someone famous via Twitter. This person then replied with a mean comment and tagged the company that you work for and its CEO.
You have been told not to engage with the, "well known person" again. Your managers are very understanding despite not knowing what 'twitter' is.
Your managers did not say it was a disciplinary issue. In the future it will be, if it suits. College students are now being given advised how to conduct themselves on social media.
What do you want to achieve?
- Financial recompense;
- The tweet taken down;
- Both.
Otherwise @becky has a point. If you feel the need to engage a lot on twitter, then do it under a different identity. Don't get me wrong, I really love twitter, but I have a pseudonymous account and never tweet. Twitter is a bear pit and if you engage a lot there is too much scope for it to spill over badly into personal and work life.
If your primary concern is your reputation, why do you think taking a case against this person will improve it ?
The "celebrity" is likely to defend the action, putting all the attention on your original tweet i.e He started it and you will come out looking worse. This might make the papers if it is a slow news day .
You have contacted a number of solicitors.
Most have not replied or given you a negative reply.
Two have said that you have a 50/50 chance of success but have not shown a huge amount of enthusiam for taking the case ( evidenced by the fact that they are slow to reply).
If you are asking us how to get a solicitor to take the case, then I dont know how to help except to say that it doesnt sound promising.
Also, what was Twitters reply when you reported the tweet ?
I have already been told by 2 solicitors that the action by the other party was defamatory and actionable.L
It seems to me that you are already surrounded by reasonable people and good advisors.
Brendan
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