Today I had an interesting and eye opening conversation with a Twitter user in Poland. I had tweeted about the amount of snow we got in the northeast and how I was perplexed that people in my complex waited until after the blizzard to dig out, instead of digging out a few times yesterday to ease the load. His response to me was to send me a link to pictures of the destruction in Haiti. After a nice calm back and forth I realized something that some foreigners think of Americans… we’re self-centered.

I simply explained to him that what is happening in Haiti right now is horrific and that my commentary on the snowstorm was just an observation and not a pity-plea.

The fact that someone from Poland responded to me about a topic happening in the US and abroad is neat, because in the past this interaction would never have taken place. This really shows how Social Media really has a global reach.

Watch my response for more insight into this interaction: