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If your company has a Facebook presence, I am okay with it. However, if your company goes about this presence wrong, I am not okay with it.
If I like your business/product/service and you want me to become a fan of your page, I will become a fan of your page. If I really like your business/product/service and you want me to join a group in support of it, I will consider joining. However, I don’t care how much I like your business/product/service, I probably will not accept your company as a friend.
JCrew is an example of a company that I love and support. Become a fan of the JCrewAholics page here.
There is a time and a place for abbreviations. Sometimes, abbrev’s are funny, other times they’re convenient. However, usually they are annoying, unnecessary and insincere. Abbreviating a post or a text when you are nowhere near the word limit is pure laziness.
Some of my biggest pet peeves are the most commonly used abbreviations…
- Thx: You really seem thankful. (Note the facetious tone in my voice.)
- Sry: I do not forgive you. I would rather you throw dirt in my face.
- Pls: The answer is no. Do not bother asking again.
- Xmas: No comment.
- Luv: Thanks for demonstrating your undying passion. I probably love you less after receiving this.
When a message is getting to its limit, the first change you should make is to eliminate unnecessary words, then switch and’s to &’s. If it is still multiple characters over, and the information is important, send two messages.
In this article some Facebook Etiquette Rules that people still forget are outlined. Please don’t forget them.
A summary of the faux pas: Pregnant cryptic private countdowns calling crazy awful colleagues instead of calling people you aren’t friends with, is application overload.
I am the biggest fan of ‘status updates’. I love Facebook and I love Twitter. However, TMI is TMI. There are ‘comments’ that scream “elephant in the room” and ‘status updates’ that whisper “awkward turtle”. Let’s try to keep those to a minimum.
Your ‘friends’ thank you in advance for following this rule.
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Facebook Etiquette 
“Come on People, You Went to College”
December 9, 2009 in Communication | Tags: Annoy, Comment, Communication, Credibility, Etiquette, Facebook, Fail, FML, Friend, Hurry, Information, Messages, MLIA, Post, Rule, Status Updates, TFLN, Time, Twitter, Wall | 1 comment
My friend Kelly’s Gmail status: “Thank you, Facebook & TFLN for helping me see exactly how horrible 75% of the people in this country are at spelling.” She went on to say, “I am so irritated. I just want to say COME ON PEOPLE YOU WENT TO COLLEGE. Your vs. You’re is an elementary school distinction.”
This is one of my biggest pet peeves. Don’t get me wrong, I am not perfect when it comes to grammar, punctuation and spelling. That said, there are many things that people could catch if they just took 15 seconds to review what they have written. People have stopped taking the time to do this.
Below I am going to list a few common mistakes, after reading this post, please don’t make them.