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I have been using Twitter for quite a while now and have come up with a list of do’s and don’ts for keeping the true spirit of Twitter alive:
- Do be polite- If you don’t have anything valuable to add to a conversation, then don’t tweet anything at all. Nobody likes a “peanut gallery” and you do not have to follow anyone on twitter that you do not want to.
- Do follow people – Following people on twitter is what the spirit of tweeting is all about. The more people you follow, the more interesting conversations you will be involved in. Although you will find there are limits to how many followers you can manage at any given time. But there are various apps for that (Hootsuite, Tweetdeck, UberTwitter, Echofon)
- Do engage your followers – To get the most out of Twitter, you will need to engage your followers and join in their conversations with relevant information. For example, a follower just tweeted “Is anyone having problems with direct messaging?”. I retweeted this out to all my followers and the issue was identified as a regional issue and passed onto @twitter for resolution.
- Do thank people who retweet – Anytime you receive a retweet (RT), be sure to thank those followers who are helping you get the message out. This is one way your tweets can become viral by a few people picking up on something and retweeting it out to the masses.
- Do report spammers – Be on the lookout for spam followers. Some dead giveaways to spammers are a high number of follows and low number of followers, automated tweets directing you to sales pages, and the notorious Britney spammers (they don’t even try to disguise themselves).
