© 2012 flamingbuffalo.comUsing Twitter like a normal person
10 April, 2011Or, how to get the most out of Twitter and not be annoying.
Part 2 in my social media how-to tour de force.
See part one for how to use facebook.
Hash tags are the twitter equivalent of a funny hat.
Like wearing a fedora in public, they are best used sparingly, and ironically.
I know it’s tempting to use tweets as an away message, but don’t.
I understand you’re going for a run, but your followers don’t care.
Don’t retweet Conan
I know he’s hilarious, but we all follow him already. Nerds, this means you don’t need to RT Gruber or Zeldman.
Follow funny people.
@mike_ftw is the best person on twitter for stuff like this and this (probably NWS).
Try to be one of those funny people.
Even if your joke fails it will still be better than hearing about what you had for dinner.
If you must talk about your dinner.
Post a picture. Because, if you’re talking about it, it had better be worth a picture.
Pictures are awesome.
Seriously, try it.
Unfollow annoying people.
Unless they are funny enough to make up for it. Enough said.
If 2 of your tweets are retweets the next one sure as crap better be your own words.
Especially if you’re a celebrity and your movie just came out.
Let people defend themselves.
It’s tremendous fun making fun of people via Twitter, but when they make a good point, they deserve a RT.
Don’t tweet about Jesus.
It makes people uncomfortable, and a good general rule is anything you post on Twitter is open game to be ridiculed, severely.
Follow me DAMMIT!
@andygaken for the personal account, and @flamingbuffalo for updates about new articles.
