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Well first, let me say hello to all my readers. I'm sorry it's been such a long hiatus again. I have been focusing a great deal of my writing on Allvoices.com, and the vast majority of my writing will remain there.
However, I happened upon an interesting article on Facebook today, posted by the folks at SNAP Social Media. I was a little surprised at the article, which talked about theaters adding "Tweet Seat" sections to their establishments.
You've all seen it, right before the movie, play or even church service, you see the message, "please turn off cell phones." But, it seems now that some theaters are even encouraging people to stay connected during the performance.
The article suggested that if patrons at theaters are going to be using their cell phones anyway (I'll admit it, I've sent a text or two during a movie), why not just "stick them in a corner" and let them have at it. Of course, in response to this article, I commented back to SNAP Social Media, "if they did this, would there be a bunch of 'bings' and 'bongs' throughout the performance, or would they have to still be in silent mode?"
Another potential problem I see with this is piracy. Of course, by the time a movie hits the theater, there's trailers out. And, taking a two-hour video on a smartphone is quite a feat. YouTube videos get taken off the site all the time for copyright issues.
Would this section of seats cost more, because of the possible disruption to everyone else watching the performance? Looking over and seeing a whole bunch of people with their heads down gazing into their phones? And, when I buy a ticket to watch a movie or a play (I go to more movies than plays), that's what I paid for. I'll be taking my phone home with me, I can do without looking at it for two hours.
Thanks for reading.
