Just the other day, fed up with the Social Media whores and blatant promotionalism I'm seeing on Twitter, I mentioned that "There is a fine line between promotion and douchebaggery. Some step way over it."
Douchebaggery.
I think it's a good word - and I'm glad to see it become sort of the standard term for the folks who are bastardizing Twitter. The folks at Tweetsum even provide you with a DBI, or Douche Bag Index of your followers so you can determine if they are worth the effort to follow back.
I've always been pretty vocal about my disdain for folks gaming the system, the mass follow / unfollow schemes, the auto Direct Messages, the perception that all follows need to be reciprocal etc - in general the douchebaggery of a large portion of the Twitter population.
But while I have shared scattered thoughts on message boards and on Twitter itself, it's Adam Darowski that presents what is the definitive guide on the subject - How To Use Twitter and Not Be a Douchebag
As if I wasn't already a big fan of Adam and his insane markup skills, this fantastic article should be required reading at registration.
If you use Twitter, you should read this. If you are thinking about using Twitter, you should read this. If you think you might be a douchebag - you should definitely read this.
SB
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Tuesday, May 26. 2009
On Twitter... and Douchebaggery
I don't need it anyway!
I look at the profiles of people who follow me via the great emails I get from @topify and can usually tell right away if they might be an interesting addition to my feed. Most aren't it seems so I just ignore them.
thanks for the visit and comment
SB