The Rules Of Twitter (V2)
King Eljay – Yeah, I can sense that part two is needed arguably as much as Rihanna and Cassie needs CLOTHES in their online leaked pictures…
More RULES. …. Check the first 10 HERE.
Let’s pick up where we left off…
11) Break Rule 10…???
Submitted by Rhymestyle: Follow Friday was fun at first, but now that its much more popular and a ton of people are doing it, then it is somewhat annoying to be hit with 500-1000 names to follow. You can do what I do and limit your follow fridays to 5 people each week. When it comes to me, I post the top 5 interesting profiles of the week each friday, that way when people see 5 names, it is much easier and simpler to just go through those 5 accounts and derive a decision of whether or not to follow them.
If you decide to violate Rule 10 directly, this is the best way to do it. That being said… I don’t do Follow Fridays. Yet. I’m over 100…it’ll be a big deal when I do it. But don’t expect me to because I still think they’re lamer than Superman when he was still here.
Oh so Eminem can diss Reeves, but I can’t?
I’m joking… Let me move on…
12) Begging…Is For Beggars
Don’t beg for people to follow you. The most you should do is send one message…at the VERY MOST. If you’re not interesting…you won’t be followed. It’s pretty much that simple. Just do you, interact/network with other people, and eventually you’ll get followers. Trust me on this one. Or…you could leak a sex-tape online. That seems to get followers up fast nowadays… perverts…
13) T-Words…
Ok, this is getting out of hand. Yes, Twitter is cool. Tweeting is cool too. But remixing words and putting “Tw” in front of it gets old FAST.
- “What’s up my Twiggaz?”
- “What’s up tweeps?”
- “Oh, you twiggin out?”
- “She follows everybody, she’s a Twore…”
- “I’m eating a Twix!” (ok, the last one’s a candy bar, but still)
…You see what I mean? Be original. Remixing words is cool, but do it in good taste. Unless you’re trying to be corny. Then by all means, tweet/twig away.
14) Tweet Responsibly
Remember, what happens on Twitter…Stays on the internet. And hits the websites. And can cost you your job. Every statement has a consequence…Every tweet can have a repercussion. Be aware of this…Twitter is an ONLINE community, so the same rules still apply. If you call off sick from your job, don’t tweet this:
“I called off sick, but I’m really about to hit the club, FTW!!!! ROTFLMMFAO!!!!”
Not smart. Even if you protect your updates, it’s still not smart. Also, never give out personal info (telephone number, etc) over tweets. Word to 9th Wonder and Jean Grae. You have to tweet responsibly.
For the record, this is by no means saying you shouldn’t Tweet when you’re drunk. I don’t drink, smoke, or do any of that, but I thoroughly enjoy drunk tweets. There’s something about an unrestrained person with a mobile device in their hand commenting on EVERY SINGLE thing they see that makes me laugh…
15) Let’s Keep It 100…
Be real. Be yourself. Don’t be someone else. Fake celebrity accounts are not cool. As a matter of fact, it’s lame. Why would you want to be someone else anyway? Be yourself. Let the celebs handle their namesakes. You don’t get paid to deal with what they deal with. If you did…you PROBABLY wouldn’t be reading this right now. You’d be too busy trying to find out who leaked your naked pictures online.
That’s word to Rihanna. I would say Cassie too…but she probably leaked hers on purpose. She seems like the type… moving on.
16) Don’t Waste Our/Your Time
If you only update your status when you’re “About to eat” or “About to sleep” or “about to take a shower”, then you should just be prepared to lose a bunch of followers unless you’re a super celeb. Like Drake. We don’t want to know all of that unless you’re interesting with it. Just be yourself…but if you’re not that interesting, then maybe you should re-evaluate why you’re on Twitter. No diss…it’s just something to honestly think about.
17) The Essence Of Interaction
If someone you don’t know Tweets you, don’t do what I did the first time:
“Um…I don’t know them…So I won’t answer…”
Interact with people. Respond to people. Get to know people. As you do that, sometimes your responses can be more interesting than your original 140-character statement that sparked it. You get a lot of followers by being accessible, and that’s really how Twitter was meant to be used.
I think…
18 ) Don’t Be Stereotypical…
If you’re a guy, don’t only answer to girls. If you’re a lady, don’t only respond to men. If you’re a celeb, don’t only respond to other celebs. If you’re Emo, don’t only respond to other Emos.
Just saying.
People pick up on that easily, and it’s not cool if someone’s been trying to get at you, and you’re too busy being a lame.
19) Enjoy Yourself!
It’s fun. Just relax, put yourself out there (not all the way like Tyrese, but a little bit), let people get to know you, and make sure you don’t say/do anything stupid that can come back to haunt you.
20) UnFollow…
Yup. I have a list of people you SHOULDN’T Follow.
- DIDDY – He’s super positive, which is cool. Never thought I’d say this, but he might be a little too positive for me…
- Gabrielle Union (@gabrielle_union) – it’s a fake account. I hinted at this in the first post, but home girl needs a life… Fake accounts are not cool…
Be a proton, everybody. Feel free to hit me with more rules…
Later.
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