We humans learn social behavior from our groups. Groups are generally pretty good about self moderating individual members, pulling them back in line after some social gaffe. Groups that can’t self moderate normally just disband. Remember when people were first starting to use email, it was necessary to warn against ‘flaming‘ and other bad behavior. But now that everyone uses email for everything, we’ve mostly figured it out and those types of warnings are no longer needed.
Social media is still in the early phases, and new users of Facebook, LinkedIn and the like are still working it all out. If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all. And if you don’t have something worth saying, that adds value to the conversation, just keep quiet. Common sense, no? This post offers more detailed do’s and don’ts, probably a good place to start for some…
Remember that social media communities are real relationships, real conversations, and as such, they should be treated like they are real. It’s not about a me, myself, and I mentality. It’s about the collective, the community, and the common good.
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