Jrue Holiday joins Jameer Nelson in asking Avery (and Lee) to chill on defense

[tonyto3690]

Twitter:  further and further eroding the literacy of Americans every day.

Funny story about Holiday, though.  I'm curious as to the context.

While it's obvious that sports athletes are usually not the brightest bulbs, don't be dumb.  Twitter has a character limit and a lot of it is just shorthanded.  Anyone being overzealous or criticizing someone's intellect based on how much effort they put into a twitter post is just as stupid as those he is trying to look down upon.

[CelticConcourse]

Twitter:  further and further eroding the literacy of Americans every day.

Funny story about Holiday, though.  I'm curious as to the context.

While it's obvious that sports athletes are usually not the brightest bulbs, don't be dumb.  Twitter has a character limit and a lot of it is just shorthanded.  Anyone being overzealous or criticizing someone's intellect based on how much effort they put into a twitter post is just as stupid as those he is trying to look down upon.

Agreed. Twitter isn't a formal writing exposition

[syfy9]

Twitter:  further and further eroding the literacy of Americans every day.

Funny story about Holiday, though.  I'm curious as to the context.

Twitter has a character limit and a lot of it is just shorthanded. 

Character limit isn't prohibiting people from using decent grammar and being literate.

[mainevent]

How old are you guys? Really? In your 70's? Do any of you even use twitter? Its not that they are illiterate by any means, twitter only gives you a certain amount of characters per message so its their own version of short hand. If you dont understand it stick to newspapers and magazines to read....smh. Give it a break. I forgot Celticsblog is full of geniuses. I bet they can count all the money they make! 

[Lightskinsmurf]

How old are you guys? Really? In your 70's? Do any of you even use twitter? Its not that they are illiterate by any means, twitter only gives you a certain amount of characters per message so its their own version of short hand. If you dont understand it stick to newspapers and magazines to read....smh. Give it a break. I forgot Celticsblog is full of geniuses. I bet they can count all the money they make! 

Haha, don't make fun of the elderly. You'll be old too one day.

[European NBA fan]

I guess pit bulls hear the word "kill" when people say "cool" or "chill".

[Evantime34]

Twitter:  further and further eroding the literacy of Americans every day.

Funny story about Holiday, though.  I'm curious as to the context.

Twitter has a character limit and a lot of it is just shorthanded. 

Character limit isn't prohibiting people from using decent grammar and being literate.

I've written things on twitter that have went over the character limit, I have then had to abbreviate words to make my tweet fit. I think it's completely acceptable.

[pearljammer10]

How old are you guys? Really? In your 70's? Do any of you even use twitter? Its not that they are illiterate by any means, twitter only gives you a certain amount of characters per message so its their own version of short hand. If you dont understand it stick to newspapers and magazines to read....smh. Give it a break. I forgot Celticsblog is full of geniuses. I bet they can count all the money they make! 

I definitely vote for the "yes they are most likely illiterate" category. Stupid social media website such as twitter is holding America back from being properly educated and on par with the rest of the worlds systems. Facebook doesnt have a character limit and you see these same athletes post in the same incorrect grammar, slang, and illiterate talk there. To use the character thing as an excuse is just being blind to the real problem at hand.

[kozlodoev]

How old are you guys? Really? In your 70's? Do any of you even use twitter? Its not that they are illiterate by any means, twitter only gives you a certain amount of characters per message so its their own version of short hand. If you dont understand it stick to newspapers and magazines to read....smh. Give it a break. I forgot Celticsblog is full of geniuses. I bet they can count all the money they make! 

You can split a message over multiple tweets. Shocking, I know.

I can echo the general sentiment here, and I think the problem partially is that when you read little, express yourself in 100-200 character strings, and have general disregard for grammar rules, you lose your ability to express yourself in written form.

Some of the stuff I was seeing in the in-class exams of college seniors and juniors just made me cringe.