Don’t Tweet Me This Way

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For all the moments of brilliance you’ll find in the Twitterstream, there’s a mind-numbing deluge of sludge that, if you’re not careful, will lower your IQ a few percentage points if followed too closely. Think a 24/7 stream of the kind of insightful commentary you’ll find on “The Real Housewives of Orange County,” “Glenn Beck” and “Bad Girls Club.”

At least that stuff can be entertaining if you keep telling yourself that these are not real people, that they exist only in some alternative universe where they can’t hurt you (unless you keep watching).

These are professional crazies. The non-professionals who feel the need to overshare their every thought and movement are just boring. Don’t be one of them. Try to restrain yourself from tweeting the following:

• what you just ate
• what you’re going to eat
• something private that should remain that way
• the fact that you’re not doing anything
• the weather
• the fact that you’re so tired
• that you just arrived somewhere
• mindless minutia
• your bathroom habits

Besides the boredom factor, you also might want to avoid tweeting anything that will turn around and bite you professionally. For example:

• Be careful what you say about the new job.
• Be careful what you say about the hometown of one of your biggest clients.
• Don’t post when you’re supposed to be doing something else.

Oh, and what goes for Twitter goes double for Facebook. I’ve been sorely tempted to unfriend people I’d like to keep in touch with but who continually flood my feed with the most ridiculous, uninteresting crap. I’m glad you’re really enjoying that cup of coffee, but unless you’re planning on buying me one keep it to yourself.

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