Here are some of the personal tweeting rules I have set up for myself over the years and that I’ll try to stick to on this account as well:
1. Before being condescending or insulting, ask yourself: “Am I about to expose my own insecurities?” Usually the answer is yes.
Oliver Reichenstein är grundare till designbyrån Information Architects Inc. och en vettig person i största allmänhet. Han skaffade nyligen ett personligt Twitter-konto där han skriver om design, webbutveckling och annat spännande, och han invigde kontot genom att presentera de tio regler som han följer när han twittrar. Om fler följde dem skulle Twitter troligtvis vara ett mycket trevligare socialt nätverk.
Here are some of the personal tweeting rules I have set up for myself over the years and that I’ll try to stick to on this account as well:
— Oliver Reichenstein (@reichenstein) June 4, 2013
1. Before being condescending or insulting, ask yourself: “Am I about to expose my own insecurities?” Usually the answer is yes.
— Oliver Reichenstein (@reichenstein) June 4, 2013
2. Use the word “not” carefully. It’s a key to unlock your secret thoughts.
— Oliver Reichenstein (@reichenstein) June 4, 2013
3. If for whatever reason it feels wrong, don’t post it. Save to drafts. Delete drafts periodically (beware of the pocket daemon).
— Oliver Reichenstein (@reichenstein) June 4, 2013
4. Test every tweet if it can be replied to with “Jesus! What an asshole!” Most tweets can, so not (!) tragic, right? [Check rule 2].
— Oliver Reichenstein (@reichenstein) June 4, 2013
5. Be patient with insults and condescension from others, try to see them all as another point of view uttered with bad style. Smoke them.
— Oliver Reichenstein (@reichenstein) June 4, 2013
6. Socrates: “I avoid pretending to know what I don’t know.” In contemporary terms: “No bullshit!”
— Oliver Reichenstein (@reichenstein) June 4, 2013
7. “Don’t be negative” *is* a negative order. Phony niceness is at least as evil as straight negativity. Try this instead: “Be humane.”
— Oliver Reichenstein (@reichenstein) June 4, 2013
8. Your life is hardly interesting enough to speak as your own oracle. “Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.”
— Oliver Reichenstein (@reichenstein) June 4, 2013
9. Every tweet is an ad. For you, for your opinions, for your friends, for something, someone or some idea. Don’t fool yourself about that.
— Oliver Reichenstein (@reichenstein) June 4, 2013
10. Identify pessimism and optimism and neutralize—erase qualifiers, positive and negative until there is nothing left but what you do know.
— Oliver Reichenstein (@reichenstein) June 4, 2013