Matt Barnes Quotes

I'm a very private person, so I didn't like this idea of tweeting about me. And then I realized, 'Oh, this is actually a brilliant device in terms of interacting with the fans.'

I do retweet some of the things that people say about the things I've done, but I don't necessarily want to use it to promote myself because I find that it gets kind of boring. There should just be a whole different site for that. Because it's just kind of boring and gross to use it just self-promotion.

Kids need to remember that when you put something on Twitter, it's not like whispering to your friend, you've put it on a billboard that the whole world, including your own kids someday, can see.

And remember don't high post when you're far from home, and high posting when you're all alone.

Some kid gets his first iPhone, signs up to Twitter, and then tweets, 'Nikki Sixx sucks.' And I'm supposed to take that personally.

Nowadays, everyone has a camera phone, and you have to be careful about being caught out there looking crazy and ending up on the Internet.

Fortunately I can say that social media has treated me pretty well. I've been exempt from a lot of the mean comments.

Social media has come a long way. With the good has come some bad, and you always have a lot of people hiding behind their computers and being very critical of what you do on and off the field, of what you tweet, of what you say, of everything you do.

I loved Twitter. But I was going to end up saying something that would get me into trouble. I have kept a clean nose for a couple of years and wouldn't want something like Twitter to ruin it.

Being that my name is attached to Disney, especially when it comes to social media, I always have to be careful with what I post.

I'm forever reading on the Internet that I apparently cultivate this audience and never go badly.

When you're young and search your name on Twitter to see what everyone is saying about you, which everyone does when you're young… it was one of those things I had to get on with.

As players we have to be careful what we put out there and make sure everything we do is appropriate. And it is not always easy.

You need to be aware of what you're putting on social media and what you're talking about.

I think if you want to engage in social media, you must take the good with the bad.

If I post something on social media, like Instagram or Twitter, I never actually read the comments.

Instagram is wonderful in so many ways, but it's also something that should be used with respect - for yourself and for other people.

I have a lot of things that people say about me on the Internet. I have bad things that I don't want to remember now. It's hard to delete.

There are a lot of pros and cons about social media; it's just how you choose to handle it and how you have to be prepared for the negatives as well.

I've come to really like Twitter. You really do get to see what I'm about, and I like sharing with my fans.

You won't see Moonves on Twitter.

On the one hand Twitter gives you the opportunity to engage with people, which is great, but on the other there are people who feel they can say whatever they want, put poison out there, really, without fear of any repercussions.

My fans are all pretty cool, you know; I've never really seen anybody fighting on Twitter, no death threats, no harsh language, no gay slurs, nothing like that.

Most days I am in public. If I go to the store, with social media, I'm in public. It might as well be a press conference.

Generally, social networking sites can be hugely promising and beneficial in opening new friendships and vistas and knowledge of the world, but they are also fraught with peril, when young people are reckless or headless.