Rules of Twitter

September 30, 2009 in twitter with 15 Comments

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Today I wrote twitter, Evan Williams and Jack Dorsey (CEOs of twitter) all with the same message to see if there was a rulebook on twitter. I’ve gotten no responses yet, but this subject came up a few weeks ago on here. We talked about doing a blog post on this subject matter, so here it is. I’ve always thought you can just make twitter whatever you want it to be, but some others don’t agree- (part 1) and (part 2) // (Examples: How often you should tweet, Auto-follow, Auto DMs, asking for RTs, tweet to reply ratio). So, what do you think?… Should twitter have rules about how you should tweet or should you be able to tweet however you want to?

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http://www.IndustryReview.org Udi

I actually think there are 'rules of behavior' on Twitter someone on the website. At least I vaguely remember reading *about* that (didn't actually go and read those). Yes, I now remember – i.e. if you take someone's RT and RT it yourself without acknowledgment you may be banned. There's a number of these things, but most of them are just common sense and courtesy.
http://intensedebate.com/people/jackalopekid jackalopekid

ok. cool
http://twitter.com/FriedBob @FriedBob

I don't there should be rules per se, but I do think that there is a netiquette that should be followed, much like there is for usenet, IRC and forums.

As with many online communities it will be self regulating. Those who play nice are accepted and welcomed, and those who don't are outcast.

@thegazzman had a good post on this recently, talking about how the way you tweet reveals your character and determines your fate.

Those who are friendly, RT, use tags and have a decent signal to noise ratio gain followers.

Spammers, people who attack others and generally have a nasty attitude don't get many followers and tend to be shunned or blocked. Guides and lists of things to do and not do are good, but many hard rules will kill the community.
http://intensedebate.com/people/wildcat1998 wildcat1998

The rules are probably under the terms link at the bottom of the page. The title is Terms of Service. I think I actually read them when I signed up but I can't remember. I think it might be good for Twitter to Tweet the rules from time to time so we don't forget. I agree with the courtesy and common sense listed above.
http://intensedebate.com/people/jackalopekid jackalopekid

gotcha. just specified what I meant read the examples and reply to those
http://intensedebate.com/people/jackalopekid jackalopekid

cool. link?
Mike

I vote for free tweeting. We've got enough regulation in our lives. However, continue to lead by example my friend
http://intensedebate.com/people/Pastor_T Pastor_T

When I have to start thinking about the "rules" of Twitter, it will be time to stop tweeting. If your bio or blog or facebook or whatever you have in your bio interests me, I'll follow you. I don't give a rip if you ("you" in general…not YOU) follow me back. Used to do the auto follow thing, but I like to block the porn spam as they come in…..sitting down to block bulk at one time takes forever. I tweet when I feel the urge…..my blog goes to Twitter…ummm….cuz some folks don't do the RSS thing.
Yeah, that's about it…..
http://blog.keepingyouhonest.net/ FriedBob

Sorry, I didn't have the link handy when I was commenting.

HEre it is:

http://motivationselfesteem.com/talk/1018/twitter…
http://intensedebate.com/people/Kevin_Martineau Kevin_Martineau

Whether we like it or not, there are rules that Twitter enforces. Here is the link: http://help.twitter.com/forums/26257/entries/1831…

For some reason, Twitter has put me on their spam list and it totally sucks because it means that I don't show up in searches and I don't show up in #hashtags. I have repeatedly tried to get this issue fixed but they say it is out of their hands (i.e. it is automated). Ugh!

Has anyone else run into this?
http://www.ChristianHaiku.com Christian Haiku

Some rules are needed
For peace and propriety
But fewer better
http://ChristianHaiku.com
http://intensedebate.com/people/jackalopekid jackalopekid

no prob. awesome. thanks
http://intensedebate.com/people/jackalopekid jackalopekid

thanks
http://intensedebate.com/people/jackalopekid jackalopekid

thanks for the link
http://intensedebate.com/people/jackalopekid jackalopekid

cool man. good stuff

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