Recently CNN published this article suggesting five tech behaviors to drop this year if you’re looking to make “tech resolutions” in 2012.  One of the suggestions included ceasing the copying and pasting of Facebook statuses.  I couldn’t agree more.  Nothing makes me scroll down my newsfeed faster than when I see the words, “repost if you agree” or something of the like.  Can you say annyoing, anyone?  If so, copy and paste THAT as your status!  Ha!

So, I got to thinking (I know, a dangerous thing, that is!) — what are some of the social media behaviors that peeps are now committing that get under my skin?  I’ve come up with a few things that I think every person (blogger or not) should try and keep in mind this year.  Revamp and make over your social media game this year and stop doing things like this:

1. Stop posting large jpg images/graphics with random (but sometimes inspirational) quotes on them.  Seriously.  Facebook is NOT Pinterest!  It is rather annoying to have my entire newsfeed littered with feel-good text images.  Not that I disagree with {most} of what they say, but it just isn’t the place to load that kinda stuff. 
2. Patrol your Timeline/wall, peeps!  It is so disheartening to visit a friend’s Facebook page only to find random spam and other linkage on his/her page that is just there and makes NO sense!  Your Facebook timeline (or wall, as it were) is like your front door.  Don’t let it get clutered up with spammy posts or images.  It’s just not cool.  Or easy on the eyes.
3. Along with #2 above, stop clicking on spammy links when you see them!  Seriously, this is the eqiuvalent of spreading a disease, peeps!  It is!  You click on it then it automatically shows up on YOUR profile for others to see and be enticed by and ultimately do the same thing — CLICK!  It’s such a vicious cycle.  So, the next time you see a status like “OMG I just heard that {XYZ} will give away 500 iPads if they reach 500 fans! Hurry, get yours now!” , just scroll on by.  Don’t be a host of the social media spam disease.
4. Here’s a biggie:  sending out mass Facebook messages to ALL of your friends.  Just.  Stop.  DOING.  IT!!!  Although Facebook does now offer the option for recipients to leave the conversation, it is still annoying in the first place to have to read through a Facebook message sent to the masses.  So unless you’re messaging everyone for a damn good reason, like you won the lottery, had a baby, or are running for President – please just refrain from doing it.  It’s uncool.
5. Lastly, don’t auto-Tweet your Facebook messages via your Twitter account.  You do know that Twitter has a 140 character limit don’t you?  Well when your Facebook status update is longer than that we, your loyal Twitter followers, only see a truncated status update with “. . . .” which is – you guessed it – ANNOYING! Instead, use a social media dashboard service like HootSuite to schedule and send Twitter & Facebook updates separately.  Your followers will thank you and you will effectively communicate whatever it is you are trying to communicate.  Win/Win!

That’s all I got for now.  What are your pet peeves when it comes to social media or tech behaviors?

Recently CNN published this article suggesting five tech behaviors to drop this year if you’re looking to make “tech resolutions” in 2012.  One of the suggestions included ceasing the copying and pasting of Facebook statuses.  I couldn’t agree more.  Nothing makes me scroll down my newsfeed faster than when I see the words, “repost if you agree” or something of the like.  Can you say annyoing, anyone?  If so, copy and paste THAT as your status!  Ha!

So, I got to thinking (I know, a dangerous thing, that is!) — what are some of the social media behaviors that peeps are now committing that get under my skin?  I’ve come up with a few things that I think every person (blogger or not) should try and keep in mind this year.  Revamp and make over your social media game this year and stop doing things like this:

1. Stop posting large jpg images/graphics with random (but sometimes inspirational) quotes on them.  Seriously.  Facebook is NOT Pinterest!  It is rather annoying to have my entire newsfeed littered with feel-good text images.  Not that I disagree with {most} of what they say, but it just isn’t the place to load that kinda stuff. 
2. Patrol your Timeline/wall, peeps!  It is so disheartening to visit a friend’s Facebook page only to find random spam and other linkage on his/her page that is just there and makes NO sense!  Your Facebook timeline (or wall, as it were) is like your front door.  Don’t let it get clutered up with spammy posts or images.  It’s just not cool.  Or easy on the eyes.
3. Along with #2 above, stop clicking on spammy links when you see them!  Seriously, this is the eqiuvalent of spreading a disease, peeps!  It is!  You click on it then it automatically shows up on YOUR profile for others to see and be enticed by and ultimately do the same thing — CLICK!  It’s such a vicious cycle.  So, the next time you see a status like “OMG I just heard that {XYZ} will give away 500 iPads if they reach 500 fans! Hurry, get yours now!” , just scroll on by.  Don’t be a host of the social media spam disease.
4. Here’s a biggie:  sending out mass Facebook messages to ALL of your friends.  Just.  Stop.  DOING.  IT!!!  Although Facebook does now offer the option for recipients to leave the conversation, it is still annoying in the first place to have to read through a Facebook message sent to the masses.  So unless you’re messaging everyone for a damn good reason, like you won the lottery, had a baby, or are running for President – please just refrain from doing it.  It’s uncool.
5. Lastly, don’t auto-Tweet your Facebook messages via your Twitter account.  You do know that Twitter has a 140 character limit don’t you?  Well when your Facebook status update is longer than that we, your loyal Twitter followers, only see a truncated status update with “. . . .” which is – you guessed it – ANNOYING! Instead, use a social media dashboard service like HootSuite to schedule and send Twitter & Facebook updates separately.  Your followers will thank you and you will effectively communicate whatever it is you are trying to communicate.  Win/Win!

That’s all I got for now.  What are your pet peeves when it comes to social media or tech behaviors?