Responsible Microblogging
September 30, 2009 · Filed Under Tech Tools · Comment
Please be a responsible microblogger
- Don’t spam.
- Don’t try to decoy people.
- Don’t spread viruses.
- Don’t spread hatred.
- Don’t load junk onto servers.
- Don’t try to sell like a hawker.
- Create a voluntary following before you start to offer something for sale.
- Put yourself in the shoes of your followers and tweet. Ask yourself if you would like to receive the post you are sending.
- Is this a post all your followers MUST see?
- Oh yes, we can always have fun. Share a joke or a quote instead of ‘I’m sleeping’, ‘I’m bored’ …
- Remember that you are being watched by search engines and your followers. Publishing great pieces like “I’m drunk” etc will only harm your reputation.
- Remember that your Twitter updates go to your followers, will be saved in your archive, and (unless you have a private profile) post to the Twitter public timeline.
Personally, I am guilty of automating my twitter a/c with an app which turned to be a spam site that sent endless stream of tweets. This not only ended in annoying my followers and friends but also hurt my tweet timeline.
Bottom line: Think twice before allowing third-party apps to use your twitter credentials.
What are your thoughts? How else can we improve twitter / microblogging?