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Oracene Price, mother of Venus and Serena Williams, has not tweeted in six days. I wanted to make sure I was the first to report that news. It is clear she's embarrassed and angry by what she had tweeted before the women's final of the Australian Open.
If you missed the little storm she created last week on Twitter, she said she was hoping Li Na would beat Kim Clijsters because she thought it "would be cool for a Chinese to win.'' She also wrote, "Let's say I'm not pulling for the other one. I dislike dubious people.''
It's clear she hates Clijsters. People wrote to Price on Twitter, complaining that it was clear she's racist against white people. Price also made some sort of comment comparing Clijsters to Medusa, clearly stating she thinks Clijsters is funny looking.
Look, the truth is that nothing is clear here at all, possibly not even to Price. This was a study in modern media and in Twitter itself. There is an entire Twitter world, and it's unclear what it even is.
It means different things to different people. Tennis moms can use it in varying states of consciousness. Media types are using it mostly to try to stay on top of the game, and also to give instant analysis.
I use it, too, and can be found @gregcouch. To me, it is mostly for little throw-away, stream of consciousness type of thoughts, but not always. You don't do much in-depth analysis in 140 characters, including spaces between words, to make your point. That's all you get on Twitter. This paragraph blew past tweet length about two sentences ago.
But I think we make a mistake when we read too much into tweets, or even try to.
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Source: http://tennis.fanhouse.com/2011/02/03/williams-sisters-mom-tastes-tweet-and-sour-of-twitter/
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