Social Media. The DOs & DON'Ts.
Hello dear reader.
Sorry for not updating in a while. Way too busy and a bit lazy to go online these 2 weeks. So, as I promised last night. Here is a post update. (^_^)
Right, as the post title above. I was reading tweets on Twitter (I'm a more on Twitter than on Facebook to update status. Seriously). Then, I stumbled upon @lipstiqdotcom tweet on "8 Social Media Dos and Don'ts" which is very interesting and educating.
The 4 points for DOs:
1) Do remember that comments follow you. By responding to someone’s update, or even leaving a comment on a blog, you make your identity available to the rest of world. So before you make a harsh comment about something, do know that people can simply copy your details and find you on Google. What they can do with it, you do not want to know.
2) Do remember that everything’s NOT personal. Don’t take things to personally when social media is involved. Facebook is a major culprit because people tend to go overboard to believe that Facebook is almost reality. While it can go different ways, remember that a Facebook war is a pointless way.3) Do think about your tone. Written messages don’t always convey the full emotion (unless if you’re a novelist), but you want people to know who you are. Twitter is a great tool to engage with followers through words, and your identity on Twitter is based on the messages you post. If all you do is rant about everything, that’s what followers will see you. Try to represent an accurate and realistic range of tones, and Twitter should work to your advantage.4) Do think before you tag. You never know who you have on Facebook, and we often wish to hide certain things from people and the first thing applies are embarrassing photos. You wouldn't want a weird picture surfacing on your colleagues’ Facebook feed, right? So think before you tag an embarrassing photo of a friend.
The 4 points for DON'Ts:
So, to all the twitple and Facebooker out there. Remember this:
1) Always remember not to over-share information because over-sharing can be too much information.
2) On trolls, I've seen a lot of people got trolled whether in forums, FB or Twitter and the best thing to do is not to give more ammunition to them or in other word, DO NOT feed the TROLLS!.
3) Don't go tag-photo frenzy. You should understand if someone removed the tags and refuse to be tagged meaning they do NOT want to be tagged at all. Just tag them in nice pictures and not the bad ones.
4) BE POLITE. If you have nothing to comments, it is best to keep it to yourself.
5) Stay neutral when you see friends posting their political point-of-view status. Things can get heated extremely fast if you are not careful and best to not to leave a comment.
As for Twitter. If you want to gain follower, follow some interesting people and post some interesting tweets and you will gain some followers. Sometime the people you follow will followed you back, so take it easy in finding followers. Oh, you can tweet some rants but make sure you don't rant/whine too much because others will you are always angsty and a constant whiner even at small stuffs. You will not gain followers if you keep on ranting and whinning on stuffs.
So, until the next update.
Good night and adieu~
Sorry for not updating in a while. Way too busy and a bit lazy to go online these 2 weeks. So, as I promised last night. Here is a post update. (^_^)
Right, as the post title above. I was reading tweets on Twitter (I'm a more on Twitter than on Facebook to update status. Seriously). Then, I stumbled upon @lipstiqdotcom tweet on "8 Social Media Dos and Don'ts" which is very interesting and educating.
The 4 points for DOs:
1) Do remember that comments follow you. By responding to someone’s update, or even leaving a comment on a blog, you make your identity available to the rest of world. So before you make a harsh comment about something, do know that people can simply copy your details and find you on Google. What they can do with it, you do not want to know.
2) Do remember that everything’s NOT personal. Don’t take things to personally when social media is involved. Facebook is a major culprit because people tend to go overboard to believe that Facebook is almost reality. While it can go different ways, remember that a Facebook war is a pointless way.3) Do think about your tone. Written messages don’t always convey the full emotion (unless if you’re a novelist), but you want people to know who you are. Twitter is a great tool to engage with followers through words, and your identity on Twitter is based on the messages you post. If all you do is rant about everything, that’s what followers will see you. Try to represent an accurate and realistic range of tones, and Twitter should work to your advantage.4) Do think before you tag. You never know who you have on Facebook, and we often wish to hide certain things from people and the first thing applies are embarrassing photos. You wouldn't want a weird picture surfacing on your colleagues’ Facebook feed, right? So think before you tag an embarrassing photo of a friend.
The 4 points for DON'Ts:
1) Don’t ask for followers. As petty as it may seem, asking for people to follow you or follow you back on whatever online platform is rather embarrassing. It makes you come off as an attention seeker, and with the number of internet trolls out there, you don’t want to get on their bad side.
2) Don’t treat people badly. It’s important to have some online etiquette online. If you’re a blogger and you want followers, the best thing to do is start looking up other blogs, and leaving comments. This is a way to share your page with other people, and the blogger herself will acknowledge your presence. Give out some good energy, and you’ll be sure to receive some back too.
3) Don’t take things too seriously. There are people online like trolls that feed on the things you write about online. There will always be someone who will hate you for sharing your point of view, so it’s good to take a breath and not respond. Unless if this person is really beginning to damage your reputation, and you really need to respond, do it politely and use a factual response.
4) Don’t go overboard with sharing. Facebook is great for local stories to go viral in the community. But you’ll only have to do with if it has to do with a serious issue in your neighbourhood. There’s no need to let people know where you go every minute of the day, or what you do because you’re bound to make someone feel a little uncomfortable or baffled. (credit to Ms. Genevieve Nunis at lipstiq.com)
3) Don’t take things too seriously. There are people online like trolls that feed on the things you write about online. There will always be someone who will hate you for sharing your point of view, so it’s good to take a breath and not respond. Unless if this person is really beginning to damage your reputation, and you really need to respond, do it politely and use a factual response.
4) Don’t go overboard with sharing. Facebook is great for local stories to go viral in the community. But you’ll only have to do with if it has to do with a serious issue in your neighbourhood. There’s no need to let people know where you go every minute of the day, or what you do because you’re bound to make someone feel a little uncomfortable or baffled. (credit to Ms. Genevieve Nunis at lipstiq.com)
 |
| Credit to: viralblog.com |
So, to all the twitple and Facebooker out there. Remember this:
1) Always remember not to over-share information because over-sharing can be too much information.
2) On trolls, I've seen a lot of people got trolled whether in forums, FB or Twitter and the best thing to do is not to give more ammunition to them or in other word, DO NOT feed the TROLLS!.
3) Don't go tag-photo frenzy. You should understand if someone removed the tags and refuse to be tagged meaning they do NOT want to be tagged at all. Just tag them in nice pictures and not the bad ones.
4) BE POLITE. If you have nothing to comments, it is best to keep it to yourself.
5) Stay neutral when you see friends posting their political point-of-view status. Things can get heated extremely fast if you are not careful and best to not to leave a comment.
As for Twitter. If you want to gain follower, follow some interesting people and post some interesting tweets and you will gain some followers. Sometime the people you follow will followed you back, so take it easy in finding followers. Oh, you can tweet some rants but make sure you don't rant/whine too much because others will you are always angsty and a constant whiner even at small stuffs. You will not gain followers if you keep on ranting and whinning on stuffs.
So, until the next update.
Good night and adieu~
Comments
Kids who are on Facebook at an early age should be told about this. Sometimes, it's not only kids, teenagers as well became irrational and don't consider the consequences of posting their cam whore pictures and foul posts. More over, I don't get it why a teenage couple would give their Facebook password to his/her partner. And remember, always log out before one shuts down the computer or after playing with their tablets. You don't wanna have people hacking your profile and post some silly/degrading post.