Another reason to hate Twitter. And society. A MOTHER has shocked her Twitter followers and outraged the US after posting updates of her son's death. US ABC News reports that Shellie Ross sent a message to her 5000-plus followers 34 minutes after paramedics arrived at her home to revive her son, Bryson, who was found floating in the family pool. The two-year-old is thought to have gained access to the pool area after a gate was left open. According US ABC News, after her eldest son called ambulance officers Mrs Ross tweeted "Please pray like never before, my 2 yr old fell in the pool" Nearly five hours later, after her son had been pronounced dead, Mrs Ross tweeted again. "Remembering my million dollar baby," she wrote. Police say they are aware of the tweets, but told the National Post that "Twitter is not an issue in this investigation". Mrs Ross, meanwhile, defended her actions. "I didn't tweet-by-tweet the accident," she told ABC News. The tweets caused debate among various online forums, with some angry at the timing of her tweets. Food blogger Madison McGraw said she thought the tweets could have been a hoax. "The first thing I thought when I saw the tweet was that it was very sad," said told ABC News. "But then I thought, ‘Who would tweet that her son just drowned? "I couldn’t believe it." http://www.news.com.au/world/mum-shellie-ross-tweets-while-her-son-dies/story-e6frfkyi-1225811723197
"I didn't tweet-by-tweet the accident" Okay, that's been corroborated. So what's with the outrage? People update their MySpace pages hours after a loved one dies. Why is it an issue that she Tweeted 5 minutes or 5 hours after the fact? Maybe she felt she could get support from her followers as part of the coping process. I don't like Twitter, but this "outrage" is simply outrageous.
She simply wanted prayers for her kid, probably thought tweeting was the best way to get them........
Yea, I don't get the outrage either, and neither Twitter is to blame. I mean someone gets rushed to the hospital and the first thing you do is get on the phone calling people they know. Same concept, but in the digital age.
Just talking to this to a friend right now. Okay instant messaging a friend, more text based communication...copy and past of my messages cuz i'm too lazy to rethink them: there's a new story of a woman who's kid died from drowning, the same time she was twittering from her phone. conservatives and purists are all...hmmpph, I wouldnt ever ever get on twitter after something so severe some people are like...its better she posts on one central place instead of making 200 phone calls. which is how i saw it. yeah. the people that dont understand the texting and twitter are making like she's so into broadcasting herself to everyone she's not focusing on real life cuz she was on a blog site and all that too she coulda been doing all kinda of other things too. what if she didnt have a cell phone and went inside to answer her husband's phone call i think they're being too hard on the woman. it'da been even worse if she was uploading a picture on facebook or myspace when that happened. somber stories aside....shows that its not too old fashioned to give the texting a rest once in a while
But she wasn't. And again, this may have been her way of "coping." Maybe she didn't know of any other way. If nothing else, certainly we can agree that perhaps a story like this proves that people are glued and addicted to their cell phones and peripheral devices. Now if you are going to go out of your way to suggest you, and others, should give texting a rest, perhaps you should start with proper grammar and punctuation. Of course I sound like an ass for saying that, but you get the point. Even if you were just being lazy by pasting an informal instant message with a friend, you probably should have cleaned it up to post here if your intention was to be on your high horse about being "old fashioned."
It's pretty shameful how this mother was attacked for how she grieved for her child. How is this even a story?
I dont mind if she tweeted about it, some people like to express their grief, in different ways, but if she tweeted before calling the paramedics, that would be wrong.
One day in the future, you will be able to tweet to call the police, the ambulance or order a pizza. On that day, the internet will have mind explosion.
"Old fashioned" was in direct response to the a comment a friend made, who's a texting addict. Like full on talk replacement. I told him out of him and other person, that he's the only one who FREQUENTLY texts me. And not many others either. And he said "Oh he's is still old fashioned too?" Like everyone is so behind him in the digital revolution or something. I was explaining that new fashion doesnt automatically make previous fashion obsolete. So I used the story as one big public service announcement to him. Other than that, I clearly lend some support to the woman and the role of text based communication. Just dont overdo it = "give a rest once in a while" = remember you dont breathe virtual air.
I think the issue is that she tweeted while they were waiting for the paramedics, or at least that what it seems like.
Absolutely nothing wrong with this, especially if she was religious and thought that prayers might help.
Wow, its crazy how a lot of ya'll are accepting this as something normal, just another thing huh. Technology age is gonna drag us to hell. What I don't understand is why while your son is on the verge of death you would even think about Twitter or Facebook or Myspace. You should be doing anything and everything to save your baby, why did the eldest have to get on the phone to call the cops while she tweeted that her baby was drowning? It makes no sense. You really can't that much family to have to tweet out to the whole world that your son just died. That's something a normal person would keep to themselves and mourn with close loved ones, not the internet. This lady just wanted attention and that's what she got. Freakin idiots.
