How to Be Less Annoying on Social Media

How to Be Less Annoying on Social Media

I already know what you’re thinking: Less annoying that what? Or Less annoying than whom? Before I can answer that question, we’d have to set a benchmark, right? And without knowing you personally, that would be impossible. So for the purposes of this post, let’s just say we all want to be less annoying.

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Some Super Annoying Things

Here are some ways you can be really, really annoying on social media. Sending DMs or private messages or videos the instant someone follows you on Twitter or Facebook. Nobody likes that in-your-face kind of old-school sales anymore. Those are just a few examples of things not to do. As Robert Dempsey says in his Twitter Direct Messages That Fail, “the easiest solution is to not send a direct message when someone follows…