As most of you know, I have been a twitter addict for some time now, and yes it is an addiction I very much enjoy for a number of reasons. It allows me to connect with people, cultures, events outside my physical world. It also gives me the chance to chat with people about serious and not so serious issues.
It has also given me a voice. A voice that I am now able to share with a large number of audience, which I was not able to do so before.
However, I have also realised the twitter community has its own self of unwritten rules, that dictate good or bad behaviour on the service. But, some people might feel differently about what constitutes good twitter behaviour.
I read a lot of blog posts and articles about how to use twitter and I’m at a point where enough is enough!!!!
I mean, why should I give away my freedom of tweet to those kind of individuals that for some kind of reason have decided to form their own guidelines that to be honest I totally disagree with.
Just remember, how you use twitter is completely up to you. Follow hundreds of people, follow a dozen. Post every hour, post never. You are in control on twitter!
- Hello, I’m @MarchiP and I’m in Control!
I’m not saying you should engage in legal pitfalls such as defamation, terrorist threats, pornography, disclosure of private information, or intellectual property infringement.
But, you should feel free to express yourself in a way that is appropriate mostly to you and then to any other twitter citizen… don’t pay attention the “DOs and DONTs” or the “10 Things You Should Never Do” on twitter! Just pay attention on the reason you got on twitter in the first place and be yourself no matter what.
See, not everyone is on twitter for the same reason. Some of us are just to connect with others on a personal level, or some of us are on it for business purposes so how can we create a number of rules to accommodate us ALL.
I say we don’t and let each and every one of us to tweet as we please, and enough with the restrictions (as I refer to the so called twitter rules).
If you want to thank an individual by retweeting their tweets, you do so!
If you want to share your feelings with the rest, you do so!
If you need to pimp your site/blog, you do so!
If you must share a great quote, you do so!
If you want to tweet and drive, you do so!
If you want to tweet 24/7, you do so!
If you want to self promote, you do so!
Well, you get my point. Be tweeting and be well.
“Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.” Franklin D. Roosevelt
