Twitter Etiquette and My Tweeves
I’ve been twittering for about five months now. I love the instant feedback and the community I’ve enjoyed being a part of during these days. However, I have seen a lot of people miss use and even abuse Twitter. So here’s my top 5 Tweeves (Twitter Peeves)
Twittarrhea: An unstoppable string of running Tweets for no reason. If you have 12 tweets within an hour, something very important, dangerous or extremely cool should be happening. Otherwise, don’t punish us for your boredom.
Twitteralogue: A long Twitter dialogue between two people. You want to text you best friend, then great, text him, but please don’t have a long private conversation on Twitter. I really don’t want to know that you use Yukon Gold potatoes for mashing. Remember, you can use the direct tweet option for your personal, confidential, and or boring conversation.
Twittertising: Uncontrolled self promotion of goods and/or services. Ok, before you accuse me of shameless self promotion and of breaking my own rules, I must clarify. Twitter is a great tool for marketing when done sparingly. If all your posts are promoting goods and services, you’re missing the point of the network and annoying the rest of us.
Twitterbosity: Verbosity in tweets. One of the distinctives of this medium is the 140 character limit. It forces us to be concise and get to the heart of the matter quickly. I believe it has helped me become a better writer. I blogged about it here. I have seen people post 3 or 4 tweets to explain a thought. Well, that’s a blog entry. Sometimes you need more than 140 character, but it should be a rare exception and not the rule.
Twating: As in “hatin” on Twitter. Originally, I had it named Twurd as in throwing a, hmm, well, moving on. Twitterland is all about love and community and there’s no place for ill feelings and pettiness. That’s what email is for.
What about you? What are your Tweeves?
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15 Comments:
Your top 2 are my top 2! In all honesty, I have stopped following people for one or both of the first two infractions. It especially annoying when you're getting some one's updates on the cell phone… ding, same guy… ding, same guy again, ding, same guy AGAIN!The long "conversations" get me too. People really do need to learn when to take things "off line".Great post!
November 6th, 2008 at 8:19 am
Different strokes for different folks. I love the dialogue. Thats how I came across you and your blog. both Steve and you wouldn't follow me. I am extremely social and many of my conversations are only had on twitter. But thats the beauty of the system, I don't have to change who I am to please certain groups and you don't have to be subjected to interact with those you don't want to.
November 6th, 2008 at 8:27 am
Totally agree!!
November 6th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
well said.
you would be a good follow for someone.
November 6th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Twitter pet peeves (I may have done them too)Eating a donut.Eating a sub. parking my car. heard a noise. I've got a hangnail.
November 6th, 2008 at 8:49 am
Well said. In fact I am going to have to consider that I am ill when an episode of Twittarrhea happens! (There are these mornings that I've so much to share.. but don't think there have actually been 12 in an hour)
November 6th, 2008 at 9:00 am
Hi, my name is @totai and I've got a case of the Twitterruns!
November 6th, 2008 at 9:06 am
Twitterisms. Joined Googled and IM'd in the land of social cybering.Love it.Rachel
November 6th, 2008 at 11:59 am
I feel pretty sure I have violated a few of these. But I also agree with you. I will link my blog to this today!
November 7th, 2008 at 2:39 am
Incoherent tweets! It may be short, but at least have it make sense.
November 7th, 2008 at 7:51 am
Wait a minute! Everything I say is very important and/or extremely cool, I guess I am exempt from #1.
November 7th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Ha ha, that's awesome! Did you find those somewhere or did you make those up?I have to agree with you on all of them, especially the Twittarrhea and Twitteralogue.
November 11th, 2008 at 4:02 am
@BradRugglesThese came out of my mind. Scary what goes on in there. I have come up with others since, like Twitupated, as in difficult in posting tweets. Ok, I'm done, for now.
November 11th, 2008 at 4:19 am
Golly…I am guilty of 3 out of the 5. Shoot me now.
Seriously, great post and so true.
@wonderfalls
November 11th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
Hey Bud,
I have really enjoyed your blog. I am going to add you to my blog list. I want other people to share in the fun!
November 11th, 2008 at 9:47 pm