{"id":2653,"date":"2012-01-09T08:24:45","date_gmt":"2012-01-09T16:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.dlvr.it\/?p=2653"},"modified":"2026-03-30T15:11:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T22:11:02","slug":"social-media-etiquette-tip-1-if-you-care-don%e2%80%99t-over-share","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/social-media-etiquette-tip-1-if-you-care-don%e2%80%99t-over-share\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Media Etiquette Tip # 1. If you care, don\u2019t over-share"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.dlvr.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/home-rain-collection.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2664 alignleft\" style=\"margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" title=\"200236712-001\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.dlvr.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/home-rain-collection-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Avoid a Social Media Tsunami\" width=\"186\" height=\"186\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Quick Tip #1:<\/strong> Don\u2019t flood your social media networks. People are interested in having a conversation with you not just listening to you \u201ctalk&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Don\u2019t send a status update for every song you listen to. Make your posts compelling or interesting. For example, explain why you like the song. What if every update in the Facebook ticker showed up in your Facebook stream?\u00a0 Your friends would \u2018hide\u2019 you. Or worse, \u2018unfriend\u2019 you. If you care, don\u2019t over-share.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">relationships and interactions you have on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn vary based on how the network is used<\/span>. Imagine if everything you pinned on <a title=\"Pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest<\/a> was sent to Twitter or Facebook? Social media sites are different kind of parties, be a good considerate guest.<\/p>\n<p>Words to live by if you happen upon a flooded social stream, <em>\u201cIf you come to a flooded road, turn around, don\u2019t drown.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>How do you avoid these social gaffes?<\/strong> Use dlvr.it to <a title=\"dlvr.it trickle feature\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.dlvr.it\/2010\/05\/trickle-spread-your-posts-out-over-time\/\" target=\"_blank\">get the right content, to the right people at the right time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quick Tip #1: Don\u2019t flood your social media networks. 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