Social media net etiquette – good behaviour applies here too

Tags: behaviour, social media, social networking Categories: Internet

As real world has good behavior rules there are rules in cyberspace. Not, when social media is a growing phenomenon, it’s more than necessary for people to behave according to net etiquette, or commonly called netiquette. We are not talking about a written set of rules, at least not yet, but there is common ground when you hear people talk about social media netiquette. So today I will try to make a short list of such behavior patterns considered good ways to act when using social media services.

The basic rules

Be a friend, not a jerk

Now let’s see some of the basic rules of social media netiquette:

don’t send friends invitations without a proper introduction – they don’t know who you are in most cases and they shouldn’t guess
don’t abuse sending invites to everyone in your address book and don’t send those invites every day
use your real name, not a fictional one – this way things can get personal
humanize your profile, add real info about you, make people know who you really are – if they don’t like you for who you are then it’s not worth being friends with them
don’t get too personal or divulge confidential information – remember that the Whole World Wide web can see you now
don’t submit just articles on from your own blog in social networks based on sharing links and don’t over promote your company (unless you’re on a business oriented social network)

There are of course a lot of social network etiquette rules that apply to certain social networks. That’s why below you have a list with a few articles that treat in details those topics.