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Category: facebook etiquette

facebook etiquette: applications

Facebook etiquette, lesson five. Adding applications is one of the primary ways people customize their facebook profiles. There are thousands and thousands of different applications from which users can choose. No problem exists in simply adding an application or two to your profile, however it is imperative that applications be added in moderation. And if [...]

facebook etiquette: messaging

Facebook etiquette, lesson four. Messaging is facebook’s version of email. No one can see the messages you write except the recipient… unless you fail to properly reply to the very well-known “I’m-getting-married-and-I-need-your-address” or “I-dropped-my-phone-in-the-toilet-again-and-I-need-your-number” messages — possibly the most common of all broken facebook etiquette actions. Not only is this unwritten facebook standard so commonly [...]

facebook etiquette: chatting

Facebook etiquette, lesson three. Chatting, like wall posting, is relatively easy to avoid botching up. As is the theme in nearly all facebook faux pas, chat misconduct most often occurs in the boy/girl relationships. Because facebook chatting is arguably the least personal of all forms of communication, guys typically take full advantage of using it [...]

facebook etiquette: friend adding

Facebook etiquette class, session two. Friend adding may seem like a topic that needs no addressing, but that couldn’t be further from true, as it is abused on a regular basis. There are, of course, times when it is absolutely acceptable to add a friend. For example, a co-worker may have recently joined facebook. Or [...]

facebook etiquette: wall posting

Welcome to facebook etiquette class. In case you missed it, this class was introduced last week. That said, let’s begin. Wall posting is, in essence, facebook’s equivalent of text messaging; the primary difference being that, in wall posting, everybody can read what you just “texted” the recipient. Now, it’s pretty easy to go about your [...]