20 New Keys To Social Media Etiquette

Forget the advice from Emily Post. She never dreamed of having to interact with people through real time social media. Enter Patricia Rossi, NBC’s national manners coach and Twitter’s No. 1 etiquette professional. Her new book, Everyday Etiquette has helpful tips for this level of social interaction.

Here are 20 of her keys to social media etiquette:

1. Always make an appointment to video chat someone
2. Make sure your surroundings are presentable when video chatting
3. Resist the temptation to multitask
4. Do not post a YouTube video of someone else without asking them
5. Provide captions for deaf viewers
6. Don’t stalk anyone to subscribe to your YouTube channel
7. Don’t view part of a video and then leave a comment
8. Be respectful of everyone’s blog
9. Don’t engage commenter’s that misbehave on your blog
10. Pick your profile picture carefully
11. Don’t tag other people in Facebook in unflattering photos
12. Don’t alter your Facebook relationship status without letting the other person know
13. No tweeting under the table in meetings
14. Never tweet while drunk or incredibly upset 
15. Be neat when you tweet
16. Only use Twitter hash tags when they are relevant
17. Use direct messaging for private conversation, but not too private
18. Connect business people to your LinkedIn page
19. Keep status updates on LinkedIn professional
20. Always send congratulations on LinkedIn when a person gets a new job or there is a significant event in their business life