It has been quite a while since social media had taken over
the world. Everybody and everyone is using it in any way they want to. But did
anyone ever think that what is an appropriate way of using this tool which is
here to help us like other technologies and applications?
I know the answer is no because people are too busy to it.
They already have lot to learn and do then why to waste their time in thinking
about this. But, wait a minute is it really useless to think about it. No it’s
not.
Yesterday, I asked randomly few people around me that what
they think that is it really useless to follow any rule while using social
media. 90% said YES and I was like what??? Why, why do you think so? 40% said
because we already are following a lot of rules in our life so not one more,
20% said because we use it for fun and time pass, 30% said because it’s not
worth any rule and 10% said we never thought about it.
Wow! Now these statics are very interesting to me. Isn’t it
to you people? I am sure it would be. After seeing such statics I don’t think I
should be giving a lecture here that what are the dos and don’ts for social
media. But let’s give it a try.
I personally do take care of few things when I am using
social media as I am journalist and I have to take care of everything that I
say or post that is public but now a day’s even if something is personal don’t
say it because you never know when a employer
asks for your Facebook username and password and don’t hire you for
whatever you have on your Facebook.
The very first thing that I personally do and want everyone
else to do that DO have fun and be funny because you are here to relax. Twitter
and Facebook are great forum for punchy jokes BUT if you are bad at jokes DON’T
try it. Just relax and keep clicking like
button for others jokes.
One thing that irritates me the most is OVERSHARING of
things. Please DON’T share every other thing that you see has a share button.
Just REMEMBER one thing that it’s your account whatever you are going to share
will represent you so be very cautious when sharing anything. Nobody is
interested to know what your mom is cooking or how is your relation going on.
The one who are interested in it would know it without you even tweeting about
it.
The best part about social media is that it can keep you
connected with all those people who are out of your reach. So DO follow the
stars you’d want to be friends with, the newspapers you read, the film stars
you adore and the journalist you admire. It’s the most in-the-know way to be in
the know.
DON’T complain about your work here at least its Twitter not
your mom. Don’t forget they can see you so it better you go home and give a
call to your mom and tell her what is your boss doing to you. She is the most
trustworthy person to complain about your work.
DO play nice and use wise and respectful words. This is a
public forum, so don’t say anything you wouldn’t say to someone’s face—or to a
TV camera. Even if you can say it on someone’s face don’t say it here because
it’s again not the right place to do it.
DON’T exceed the
tolerable four-tweets-a-day limit. Come on have a life don’t make people say
not again. If there is some breaking news then it can be OK but not on daily
basis. Let people wait for you to tweet rather than making them unfollow you
within a week after they started following you.
DO use Twitter to
its full potential. It’s been the breeding ground for books, TV shows and
political revolutions. You decide what’s next. You never know you can be the
next revolutionary person. Remember the Arab Spring.
DON’T get too
personal or negative it will not only affect the other person but it will
affect you too.
DO engage and
interact. This can be a good place to create PR and maintain them. You never
know who can be a help or news in future.
Last but not the
least, if you can’t follow these dos and don’ts then DON’T forget to make your
account private. It’s your private possession until and unless you are not
using it for marketing purpose.
I hope I didn’t
boredom you to dead with my few pieces of advice that I HAD to share with you
people as a part of my course.
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