Matthew Salesses illustrates the concept of good netizenship with kittens and celebrities.
1. Promote others/yourself without being annoying.
2. Be a resource. Say yes when people ask you to do things.
3. Don’t read the comments.
4. Be funny.
5. Be vulnerable. Let us into your head.
6. Cats.
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8. Answer your emails within a week. Respond to fan mail.
9. Don’t fight back; ignore.10. Believe that people are listening.
11. Write so that people will listen.
12. Putting something on Facebook is not the same as telling your friends. Don’t expect other people to know you’ve posted something.
13. No mass emails. Unless you have a book coming out. Then, try to keep it to one.
14. Follow back if the follower seems human.
15. Say thank you.
16. Ask for favors directly, not under the guise of just-wanted-to-say-hi.
17. Make things happen. Stop hoping/waiting and do something.
18. Close your accounts when you’re done with them. Don’t get hacked. Choose a good password. Guard it.
19. Be you.
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excellent issues altogether, you just gained a new reader.
What could you suggest about your put up that you made some
days ago? Any sure?
6, 7, and 13 – I don’t agree. And I do think it’s fine to have a principled, non-attacking debate on the Internet. Unfortunately, in this post-Deborah Tannen age, many people feel personally attacked if you disagree with their ideas. I’ve seen people elevate non-attacking disagreement to “hate speech,” when it’s disagreement with PC ideas, too.
I dont understand people who say…dont read the comments. Hello, the commentaries are the best part, they are often even more interesting than the article itself. My advice is instead, READ THE COMMENTARIES and COMMENT. But avoid and ignore the trolls.
The comments are almost always better than the article.