Monday, August 13, 2012

The disappeared tweets of Michael Dell's daughter


You will not discover the whereabouts of any Dell family members in this image.


(Credit: Dell/YouTube Screenshot/Chris Matyszczyk/CNET)

It's not easy being a wealthy parent, especially if your kids want to do the same things as the kids of other wealthy parents do.


You know, like, um, constantly feeding your Twitter account.


Wayne Gretzky seems to have been one modern patrician who became frustrated with his daughter's Twitter postings, reportedly shutting down his daughter's Twitter feed twice. She does like a racy shot or two, does Paulina Gretzky.


Now I hear there might have been another marginal breach in Twitterdom in the bosom of Michael Dell.


As Bloomberg Businessweek reports it, Dell's 18-year-old daughter Alexa became fond of posting to Twitter.


She has, by all (Twitter) accounts, a happy and engaging life.


The one slight drawback with posting your own whereabouts and those of your family to the worldwide public is that not everyone in that public has good intentions.


This is one reason that Dell spends a reported $2.7 million on security. Kidnappings of the families of the rich happen. We don't always hear about the... [Read more]



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