The term social media abuse refers to the negative activities we carry out online that influence other users in a bad way refer. You may have been guilty at some point without even realizing it.
It’s been clear for a long time that humans often always anything that is FREE for granted and the same principle actually applies to social media. Setting up accounts on Twitter, Facebook. Instagram, Linkedin is mostly FREE and that clearly explains why there is so much clutter in the sociosphere. This negative trend has quite impacted on the way businesses and brands use these networks. With so much noise, how could visibility be yet enhanced?. One may not blame FACEBOOK for its PAY to PLAY policy therefore but that is a topic for discussion another day.
In this article, we will discuss things you need do to avoid abuse of the social networks and add value to your circles and keep up with positive interactions.
- STOP THE SPAM.
This is ONE annoying and aggressive behavior to avoid on social media. Reduce the noise so that others can easily filter meaningful and important contents on their time lines. By so doing, you will upholding basic good practices and also improving user experience
- AVOID AGGRESSIVE FOLLOW BEHAVIOR
Yes social media is NOT a competition to get the MOST number of followers neither is it a bragging right to get the most followers. Meaningful use of the networks necessitates value addition and this can only be enhanced by simply sharing relevant and useful contents
- SHARE USEFUL CONTENT
This cannot be over emphasized. Millions of people worldwide take to social media as the primary source for news and information in their industry, you can contribute meaningfully by sharing relevant contents in your industry or country that make an interesting read. By doing so, you would simply enrich user experience and increase your followership
- MAINTAIN POLITENESS ACROSS INTERACTIONS
Of course you are going to get rude replies from time to time, it pays to either ignore the out rightly rude ones and reply skeptics in a polite manner to either correct their misjudgment or seek for further clarification.
- SOCIAL MEDIA IS NOT YOUR DIARY
Just because its social media and personal does not mean you should share the most intimate aspects of your life. Some people don’t know how to draw the line. Its social media abuse when you start telling whole world all what you do, when you do it and how they plan to do some other things in future. You have to understand that your privacy is still paramount at all times. In today’s landscape where a lot of unscrupulous elements troll the internet looking for innocent victims, you make yourself an easy prey by sharing details that can easily put you in harm’s way.
In keeping with these few basic rules, you will be playing your part in cutting down on social media abuse and improving user experience across the networks.