The Orange Chair

Well, not yet, but come fall 2019, they could be, according to this post on Mashable.com that says that:

“Mattel is about to launch a toy that will brighten the lives of some dog lovers … It’s called Puppy Tweet, and it gives your dog the ability to send Twitter updates about what he or she is doing….The collar detects when your dog moves or make a sound, then randomly selects one of 500 pre-written tweets to post to Twitter (Twitter). Your dog has to be within a reasonable distance of the room with your computer in it, though; the tweets are sent wirelessly from the collar to a USB receiver that has to be plugged into a supported Internet-connected device…Since the selection is random, the tweets don’t really represent what your dog is doing. It’s more a placebo that reminds you that your beloved pet is out there doing something, whatever it is. They’re cute though. A couple examples: “I finally caught that tail I’ve been chasing, and . . . OOUUUCHH!” and “I bark because I miss you. There, I said it. Now hurry home.”

It will sell for $29.99 on places like Amazon. No word out on whether there will be something for the goldfish, but if this takes off, I wouldn’t be surprised.

Now that people and organizations have been blogging, setting up Facebook groups, and participating in social media generally, they have had an opportunity to gather feedback. And some of that has been and will be negative. Alot of that feedback is valuable and worthwhile responding to. Other feedback (e.g. from trolls) is not worth your while and indeed may have been actively managed.

If you feel this applies to you, read this mashable.com post, HOW TO: Deal With Negative Feedback in Social Media