I read a great article the other day about the sind of social ediquet and the top 10 things to not do on social media. It was quite entertaining and spot on. The article can be found at https://www.pcworld.com/article/258898/the_10_commandments_of_social_media_etiquette.html
So just give ya the Cliff Notes the top ten things to not do are:
- Commandment #1: Thou Shalt Not Tell Thy Friends Too Much. Anybody that is experiencing something new tends to break this rule a lot. Think Newly Wed, New Graduate, New Mom etc.
- Commandment #2: Thou Shalt Not Turn Social Media Into Thine Own Personal Pulpit. A lot of my FB friends are very engaged in politics and local issues so I see a lot of this we well but being like-minded it is more interesting than a bother.
- Commandment #3: Thou Shalt Not Turn Social Media Into Thine Own Personal Complaint Forum. This is the corollary to rule 2, no we donat want to hear all of your preaching and secondly we donat want to hear all of your problems either.
- Commandment #4: Thou Shalt Not Pretend Thou Art CNN, ESPN, or TMZ. Fortunately I donat see this from my FB friends, except during an occasional Bull Dog gamea¦. And then I do want to know the score.
- Commandment #5: Thou Shalt Not Pretend Thou Art a Guru. I love inspirational quotes as much as the next guy but Whoa please not 12 at a time. Ya know everybody is doing this now a days so weare seeing the same thing 12 times.
- Commandment #6: Thou Shalt Keep Thy Size Obsessions to Thyself. Not seeing this too much but to the point, no we donat care how many friends you have on Facebook. How many of them would you recognize on the street if ya saw them? Just saying.
- Commandment #7: Thou Shalt Not Be a “Social Media Expert”. Hallmarks of the “social media expert”–a term that always calls for the use of heavy air-quotes–include spamming people about one’s stupendous social marketing skills, using social media to discuss ways to effectively use social media, and trying to start painfully forced discussions by posing clichéd questions (because, you know, “engagement is everything”).
- Commandment #8: Thou Shalt Not Put Social Media on Autopilot. I didnat know this was possible, but it does explain the days of massive FarmICouldCareLessAboutville posts.
- Commandment #9: Thou Shalt Not Share Information That Maketh Sense Only to Thyself. Here’s a little secret: Social media isn’t a private diary. If you’re going to share something with your friends, make it something they’ll actually understand.
- Commandment #10: Thou Shalt not Show Thy Friends Images That They Shall Regret Seeing. The author says aFor the love of all things sacred, please: No more kissy-face self-picts (ladies) or shirtless mirror photos (gentlemen).a And I concur, I also like to add no more group tongue pictures with peace signs, and yes ladies no more bathroom mirror pictures. You are really not looking into your soul that way.
