Guidelines for twitter

Prolific twitter user Sarah Hartley has produced a 10 point guide to using the microblogging service without making a fool of yourself.

She makes some very good points but the two that are more relevant I feel are

1.

The oft-quoted cocktail party analogy is helpful. You wouldn’t sit in the corner under a blanket refusing to speak to anyone so don’t be a lurker. You wouldn’t spy on people and then reveal personal details in a newspaper (unless obvious illegality, hypocrisy, immorality etc.) so don’t do it here; you wouldn’t yell opinions rather than discuss,

2.

Move out of your bubble. Read something other than those above. There’s a heap of opposing views here.

I was explaining to someone the other day( a twitter cynic I might add) how twitter is a terrific tool for sharing information and conversation.