Which One of These Social Media Rules Is the Most Ridiculous?
As I'm working on a post that touches on 10 of the many based-on-nothing Social Media rules we can found all over the blogosphere, I was wondering what your take was on this. Which one, of the following 10 so called rules, do you think deserve the first place for the most irrelevant, ridiculous and wrong rule? Feel free to express your many feelings in the comment section.
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where did this list of 10 golden rules come from?
Hey Alex!
They're not the golden rules, but they are the rules that I've seen the most reading blogs on Social Media. Not everybody will agree with this list, but I do think they are representative overall. Would add, remove any of them?
well, i'll admit to discussing many of these ideas in social media classes. reading over the list though, it seems that "publish often (1)" (or "being available (3)") and "be a content creator (6)" (to "add value (5)") overlap. so i would have a hard time picking out the weakest concept when it comes to social media.
i do, very much, disagree with the idea that "social media is obvious and self-explanatory (8)". i think it's extremely important to have a grasp on your medium and your audience in order to utilize social media efficiently and effectively. as marshall mcluhan so famously said, "the medium is the message"; and if you want that message heard, you've got to understand your medium and the specific etiquette that goes along with it. from this problem of comprehension stems so much of the garbage and excess that is found in online social networking.
so i guess while i don't necessarily completely agree with other "rules" listed, and nor do i necessarily completely disagree and while they have overlapping qualities, i'd probably say the biggest myth being propagated in media 2.0 is that social media is "obvious and self-explanatory".
Good point. I do think that publishing often, being available, being a content creator and adding value are related, but I don't think they really overlap. You can publish often without creating content or adding value, just like you can create content not very often and not add value. Being available all the time seems a bit different to me and not related to the other 3.
I really like your point of understanding the specific etiquette that goes with different medium. That's definitely a point that's being overlooked with Social Media and a common mistake. Fortunately we've seen many posts on the etiquette of different Social Media tools and it seems things are on the bright sight now.