This some Face Book guidelines that I gleaned from a magazine. Don’t’ boast about how many friends you have: In order to be in touch with someone on Facebook you have to “friend” them. This is misleading. Most people on Facebook aren’t your friends. You will never meet them, you’ll never go on holiday with them. If you see the number of Facebook friends as a sort of popularity contest then you need to get out more. Don’t update your “Facebook status” when drunk: You may put something you regret or insult someone. Don’t “unfriend” someone because the demon drink is playing havoc with you synapses. You’ll have to explain yourself in the morning. Be careful what you “like” when you post a status update your friends have the option to “like” it. Some people “like” everything you post. Be careful not to “like’ the wrong things. For example, if someone lets you know that its’ the anniversary of a family member’s death, that wouldn’t be a thing to “like”. Don’t “like” your own updates. That’s just weird. Don’t attention seek: I f you post things such as “Sarah has never felt so alone….” in order to get attention you never got as a child you should perhaps befriend a shrink. Don’t be desperate: Don’t bombard people you don’t know with messages and “friend” requests. If you don’t know them in real life why are you bothered? It’s like asking Merly Streep to come to you office Christ mass party and getting angry when she doesn’t pitch. Be careful about jokes: You might find a video which you posted a cat dressed as Margaret Thatcher very amusing but your friend might not. Many workplaces now police their employees’ social media presence. Try not to get someone fired for the sake of a cheap laugh. You can put NSFW next to something to indicate it’s Not Suitable/Safe FOR Work, meaning open this somewhere else. Don’t ruin someone else’s life: Everyone likes amusing photos, but not everyone likes having an amusing photo of themselves put on Facebook. If you have taken a snap late at night in a strip club of your married male friend ‘getting to know” a woman who’s not his wife, don’t use that much abused “tagging” facility. This allows you to name the people in the photograph and automatically post it on their wall. Don’t ruin your own life: If you’ve phoned in sick, called off a date or made any form of excuse, make sure you don’t ruin it by posting “having fun getting drunk on a paddle steamer? You will get found out. Also bear in mind that what you post online about your holiday exploits will come back to haunt you. Are you sure you want those pictures made public? Beware “humble brags”: That’s the act of pretending to be humble while actually telling your friends how amusing you are. Such updates usually start “Apparently I’m…for example, “apparently I’m being promoted to the head of the company.
Posted on: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 10:38:37 +0000
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