Don't Be A Twidiot

2009 was definitely the year of Twitter. I'm just gonna assume that unless you live on Mars (and if you do...i'm not hating) you know what Twitter is. And if you're like me and have had Twitter for some time now...you've probably seen some major fouls committed. Last year...I made a nice list of things that shouldn't be done on Facebook (read it by clicking here) and now I think it's about time that I compiled a list of things that shouldn't be done on Twitter.

Here we go (in no particular order):

10 Things to NOT do on Twitter

1.) Do NOT...I repeat...DO NOT ask someone to follow you...even if you are following them. They'll get around to it...or find it upon themselves to have a gander at your timeline...don't be a twegger (person who begs for followers on Twitter) it's only gonna piss you off when you keep asking and they keep ignoring you simply because you seem lame and needy :(...and then after that you just seem scary and stalker-ish and that will get you #blocked

2.) Do not try to spark a full conversation on Twitter...boo I only have 140 characters...you asking me what I do, if i'm single, what my favorite color is, why i like Kobe better than Lebron...how am I supposed to condense my answer? And I dont want to fill my followers timelines with @replies to you...especially since you're probably just gonna end up breaking Rule #1...so that you can DM me in order to "get more personal"! In the language of Twitter I say, one time, #FAIL.

3.) Twitter Drama. Come on y'all. Stop taking shots at one another on Twitter. I don't want to wake up or go to sleep to your personal drama. I came on Twitter to get away from all that nonsense and here you go posting tweets...not addressed to anyone...but you know he/she is following you and you start going in...filling up my timeline with useless paragraph long tweets. And some of y'all will have just left a place where the person was...if you can't say it to their face...dont tweet it...don't be a Twitter thug...that's EVEN lamer than a Facebook thug....and being lame in general will get you #unfollowed

4.) Getting too personal. Ok...now this is different from twugging (Twitter thugging) this is filling up my timeline with a whole lot of your relationship or lack thereof business. It's cool to say you're in love...or have a good man...all those things are nice. I support love. But some of y'all go IN when you're falling out of love or have been done wrong. Y'all need journals. As I said before you only get 140 characters...do you really think I want to read 5 consecutive tweets about how your man/woman did you wrong? "why don't you just unfollow me?" Well because most of the time you're pretty darn entertaining...and I know sometimes you need a nice week to pull yourself together after heartbreak but...get it together...because all that twitching and twoaning will get you #unfollowed

5.) Trending Topics. I love trending topics. Think they're great! And when a witty person gets hold to them...they're the best. *sighs* but there are a few of you who use trending topics as an opportunity to twug, sneak diss and vent about a whole lot of nonsense. C'mon son! Everyone's having a good time going in about something carefree and light and here you come bringing your father's child and his girlfriend on the side and your unpaid child support in the timeline...killing the mood...that's how you get #unfollowed

6.) Tweeting about sex...or twexing...lol...ok. ummm. Everyone is free to have their opinion. And everyone I follow is good and grown but we have to draw the line somewhere. Especially my ladies...we don't want to know how you do it, what you do, when you do it, where you do it, how he likes it, what he does that you like...that's hella inappropriate. And who are you saying it for? I mean if you have a man...why would you want other men to know how you get down...or other women to know how good your man gets down? And if you don't have a man...ummm don't try to find one on Twitter. Too much twexing will get you #unfollowed

7.)RTing everything said about you or to you...that's so dead. An @reply will do just fine when someone compliments you on your hair, clothes, tweets, talents etc...you retweeting every single thing for us all to see is just pointless...there are times when it makes sense and times when it's just annoying...have you just refilled my timeline with a bunch of retweets of your tweets and the responses? OK..well that's too much. Excessive retweeting will get you #unfollowed

8.) It's recently become a funny TT #basictweet. And when accompanied with #basictweet, we can all recognize that the person knows that they've just said something they could've kept to themselves. Some examples of things you can keep to yourself: just woke up, just ate breakfast, my son just peed, my dog just barked...this is a case where the 140 characters can be used to your advantage..spice it up... "my dog just barked...his bark sounds just like Rihanna's singing voice" for example...we didn't come to Twitter to be bored and unamused...if we want that we can sign into Facebook.

9.) Tweeting people to let them know you're unpleased with their tweets. Where dey do dat at? All you have to do is click the friendly, easy to find unfollow button...it's quick, simple and to the point. Why waste the 140 characters and timeline space to tell someone "you tweet too much" or "i dont like you" hahahaha what's the point. Rid yourself of twegativity...or just include a link to this here blog post and hope they cure themselves :)

10.) Last but not least...following, unfollowing and following and unfollowing again. Really? Your timeline was cold and lonely without this person's tweets? Are you trying to prove a point? Are you bored? Whatever the situation is...unfollow and be done...and don't go dropping in to this person's timeline everyday and @replying them...that's just stupid. And being stupid (in a not so good, very bad way) will get you #unfollowed.

Now y'all know it's just my thoughts. :)

Sincerely,

@bestnewactress