The 15 twitter rules to live by

July 31st, 2009 Posted by Missie at 1:03 pm

Twitter’s evolved in leaps and bounds and has become on of the biggest websites in the world.. (in the top 50 in-fact), but where does that leave us twitterers? If you’ve been using twitter for a while now, it seems that those first few months getting your twitter feet wet are all but gone, leaving us with little twitter etiquette, and forgetting those few basic things that have helped us understand twitter.

So here it is, the top 15 rules all tweeters, twitterers and twitexperts should know, follow and remember. Remember wisely, there’s some important information us twitter lovers shouldn’t forget.

Click on the rule to find out more about each one…  

twitter rule 1

Show some ‘twitetiquette’!

twitter rule 2

Understand your following and follower limits before u go and get ur account suspended!

twitter rule 3

Be an individual, be creative & design your own twitter background.

twitter rule 4

Be smart & protect ur account from Google search & unwanted eyes

twitter rule 5

Don’t just tweet, spread them! Use twitter badges and widgets on ur website

twitter rule 6

Buy a phone, tweet, and nudge your friends your phone

twitter rule 7

Be smart & Backtweet ur way to finding more about who’s talking & linking to ur website or blog.

twitter rule 8

Don’t just be a tweeter, be a smart twitterer & use twitter research tools that capture your twitter world.

twitter rule 9

Do you know if you own the content in your tweets? Be smart. Know your copyrights on twitter.

twitter rule 10

be a cool tweep & know how to rock the twitter search function.

twitter rule 11

When grandma asks “What’s Twitter??!!“.. know it.

twitter rule 12

Be a step ahead of the tweeps and make your own twitter group

Twitter rule 13

Get famous. Network and share your videos on twitter.

twitter rule 14

Have a heads up & be in the know about the next big thing on twitter - twitter’s verified accounts

twitter rule 15

Don’t be a #fridayfool.. know how #followfriday started & became the biggest twitter trending topic

Have you got a twitter rule we could live by? Add your suggestion or thoughts below.