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The 10 Commandments of Twitter

Posted by John Saddington on Sep 10, 2009

10-commandmentsTwitter is a dangerous place, so make sure you stay on the straight-and-narrow by following the 10 Righteous Commandments of Twitter:

1. Thou Shalt Not Practice TTMI

It’s quite possible that you’re popping a zit before you head to class, but that’s TTMI (Tweet Too Much Information), ok? Please save us from those types of tweets.

2. Thou Shalt Not Forgeteth Who’s Following You

It’s quite possible that you have your employer, your boss, your angry (and perhaps violent) ex following you on Twitter. Maybe even your mom. Don’t forget who’s following you or you’ll pay a high price.

3. Thou Shalt Not Spammeth

Those that practice the deceitful art of spamming have a place reserved for them in the deepest bowels of hell. Don’t do it for your sake and ours.

4. Thou Shalt Not Have Tweet Wars

Arguing over Twitter is perhaps the lamest of lame things to do besides being absolutely fruitless. Save those things for Facebook.

5. Thou Shalt Not Tweet What’s Not Yours to Telleth

Some things are better left alone and it’s not your job all the time to tell the world when something happens, especially if it’s about someone else that doesn’t want it tweeted.

6. Thou Shalt Not Tweet Boringnesseth

Don’t be boring please, especially in series. Don’t tweet things like “I’m prepping dinner!” “I’m setting the table!” “I’m sitting down to eat!” “I’m eating!” “I’m happy eating!” “I’m clearing the table!” “I’m washing the dishes!” “I’m putting the dishes away!” …

7. Thou Shalt Think Twice Beforeth Tweeting Controversy

Dogmatic screaming fringe-religious statements , Political rants, obviously-controversial situational-ethical viewpoints… that can hurt you badly and undo thousands of “goodwill” tweets. Please think twice.

8. Thou Shalt Not Tweet Spoilers

When Twitter asks “What Are You Doing?” that doesn’t translate to “Tell the entire world who won the world series of poker” or “OMG!!!11111!1 _______________ won AMERICAN IDOL!” or “I can’t believe _____________ happened at the end of ______________ movie!”

9. Thou Shalt Thinketh Before Tweeting

Just think before you tweet. Period.

10. Thou Shalt Tweet The 10 Commandments of Twitter

Please pass on the 10 Commandments of Twitter for your sake, our sake, and the twitterverse’s sake.

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John Saddington

John is the Chief Editor @ The 8BIT Network and Senior Blog Junkie here at ChurchCrunch.He enjoys Triple-Tall Americanos, developing Wordpress Themes, and a few other Random Things.

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20 Responses to “The 10 Commandments of Twitter”

  1. Pastor_T
    Thursday, September 10, 2009 at 3:42 pm

    but what if #10 violated #6??? :-)

    Reply
  2. Conner Byrd
    Thursday, September 10, 2009 at 11:53 am

    HAHA and your disdain for facebook surfaces again :)
    I think being a little provocative on Twitter serves for some good dialog but I can see how that is wildly different from: “Dogmatic screaming fringe-religious statements , Political rants, obviously-controversial situational-ethical viewpoints.”

    Would obsessive #thenines tweets yesterday violate #1?!?! If so: GUILTY! Thinking I should stay off today so that others will forgive me! Haha.

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    • human3rror
      Thursday, September 10, 2009 at 3:56 pm

      #thenines was absurd.

      But, all good. ;) i can't hate. I did it… 3 times?

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      • Conner_Byrd
        Thursday, September 10, 2009 at 4:01 pm

        Um…only 3 times? Yeah I got a little crazy. Had to tell a friend of mine how to hide my updates on facebook :)

        #thenines…wow, they said it would be like a marathon? No, that was more like a cage fight for 9 hours. Intense, amazing, and all day! Loved it though :)

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      • Graham Brenna
        Thursday, September 10, 2009 at 10:00 pm

        yeah I think they should have had a chat built in or something. Doing it via twitter was crazy. But it did get to the #1 spot on trending topics… so that was cool.

        Reply
  3. Josh Wagner
    Thursday, September 10, 2009 at 7:40 pm

    Nice list. Will be passing this along!

    Reply
  4. klreed189
    Thursday, September 10, 2009 at 11:41 pm

    I totally agree with this list, but I do want to throw something in to stoke the fire.

    I always find it funny when people make a list of how to do things. Who was the person that came up with what is proper technique of how to twitter? And what makes their word more important than the casual twitter tweeting?

    I totally agree with the list and if I was to make a list myself it would be the exact same thing. So I am not attacking anyone here. Just a thought that ran through my mind.

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    • human3rror
      Friday, September 11, 2009 at 12:14 am

      it's a completely bogus and random list i made up today because i was bored.

      so… it's \”weight\” is pretty much nothing.

      Reply
      • Jim
        Friday, September 11, 2009 at 4:31 pm

        u…bored…no! what's hilarious it that my pastor is teaching through Deuteronomy and we are in the commandments now.

        Reply
    • klreed189
      Friday, September 11, 2009 at 3:53 am

      I understand I no knocking you at all. Like I said it is exactly what I would have put together, the only difference is that it would have taken me hours to compile it and it would not have been half as good.
      Great list to refer people to on some rules about twitter. This needs to go on the about page on twitter.com

      Reply
  5. Josh Cleland
    Monday, September 14, 2009 at 2:11 pm

    Love #8. Remember that folks come LOST time. It airs 3 hours later for us on the west coast.

    Reply

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