Don’t Be a Twitter Narcissists!

This was a great few paragraphs on being narcissistic online. I loved it & thought I would share it with you. You can read the whole article over at ChurchMag. 

What Makes Someone a Narcissist?

There is a fine line between being a good twitterer and being a Twitter narcissist. Those who use Twitter well don’t just tweet for the sake of tweeting, they don’t retweet others for the sake of retweeting, and the certainly don’t interact with others by replying to tweets just for the sake of being known. A good twitterer posts necessary, valid, and pertinent information. Good twitterers tweet the high points, or the driving commentary of a presentation; they tweet witty commentary or facts left unsaid that are relevant and helpful in the conversation; they retweet others who have solid posts that should be shared with their own followers; and the reply to people when they actually want to be in dialogue with the user to whom they are replying.

Twitter narcissists tweet because they think they are important. Narcissistic tweets add unhelpful commentary or bogus facts to a conversation, and often consist of one-liners that do nothing but jam up a hashtag thread. Narcissists retweet others when the original tweet wasn’t worth retweeting; they only retweet because it connects their name with someone else. These twitterers reply to people, not because they want to be in dialogue, but because they want others to know they exist. They are nothing short of a spammer who tries to blend in.