"Saya Benci Twitter," kata Pangeran Harry dari Inggris
`I hate Twitter!` Prince Harry Reveals
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
DIA tidak asing dengan aksi selfies dan bahkan mengunggahnya di Twitter tapi Pangeran Harry mengaku bahwa dia 'membenci' Twitter saat pertemuan dengan remaja Inggris di London, pekan lalu.
Pangeran Inggris ini berada di Bethnal Green Academy di timur London, untuk berkenalan dengan 60 'juara media digital' yang tampil untuk mendukung penyelenggaraan Invictus Games pada September mendatang, seperti dilansir MailOnline.
Namun putra kedua Pangeran Charles dan Lady Diana ini mengakui terus terang: "Saya benar-benar sangat benci Twitter karena menembus batas-batas kehidupan pribadinya."
Ketika ditanya apakah ia akan tweeting selama Olimpiade, yang berlangsung di London September ini, Harry mengatakan: "Saya akan senang untuk terlibat dan memakai media sosial itu pun kalau memang terpaksa saya lakukan."
"Masalah bagi saya dan keluarga saya, alasannya sederhana, adalah sangat sulit bagi saya untuk tweet tentang Invictus Games dan tweet tentang sesuatu yang berarti banyak bagi saya, dan pada saat yang sama sangat membenci Twitter karena invasi privasi. Saya pikir Anda semua mengerti apa yang saya maksud. "
Meskipun Istana Buckingham dan Clarence House menggunakan media sosial untuk mempromosikan kegiatan keluarga kerajaan, Harry, kandidat keempat tahta Inggris, kerap mengungkap kegusarannya terhadap kegiatan pribadinya di luar acara resmi kerajaan yang dipublikasikan di internet.
Tapi tampaknya tidak semua media sosial dibencinya, seperti selama kunjungan tersebut, ia mengaku pernah punya akun Facebook - dengan nama samaran Spike Wells.
HE'S NO stranger to selfies and has even posted a Tweet but Prince Harry revealed that he 'hates' Twitter while meeting teenagers in London, last week.
The prince was at Bethnal Green Academy in east London, where he was introduced to the 60 'digital media champions' lined up to help promote September's Invictus Games.
But the royal admitted candidly: ‘I really quite hate Twitter' as he took the opportunity to hit out at the social networking site for what he sees as its ‘invasion’ of his privacy during an impromptu Q&A.
When asked if he would be tweeting during the Games, which take place in London this September, Harry said: 'I would love to get involved and go on social media and if it was for causes like this I really would.
'The issue for myself and my family, put quite simply, is that it's very hard for me to tweet about the Invictus Games and tweet about something that means a lot to me, whereas I at the same time really quite hate Twitter by the invasion of privacy. I think you all understand what I'm talking about.’
Although Buckingham Palace and Clarence House both use social media to promote the work of the Royal Family, Harry, who is fourth in line to the throne, has often spoken of his anger at the way details or pictures of his whereabouts outside of official engagements are made public on the internet.
But it seems that not all social media is off limits, as during the visit, he admitted that he once had a Facebook account – for which he used the pseudonym Spike Wells.
