This Wiki page is a compilation of posts, observations and opinions about Twitter user behavior and the developing Twitter culture. Some ideas for contributing to this page:

• Twitter Users - Twitter an etiquette idea to your stream then cite/link to the post on this page.
• Bloggers - Blog about Twitter social observations. Link to your posted opinions on this Wiki page.
• Journalists - Write about the evolution of Twitter social norms. Link to your published articles from here.
• This is not a page to create rules and regulations. This page can develop into a good resource for newbies. The goal is to Twitter better while maintaining the fun. Nothing on this page is set in concrete. Every item on this page is open to interpretation, including this entire paragraph.

General

• Chris Brogan: Considering Social Network Etiquette, July 9, 2007
• Santosh Narayanan: It's about now that twitter etiquette needs to emerge from the wild west of messages that's flying about.
• Brian Sawyer: Contemplating Twitter etiquette, as it relates to existing Twitter tools.
• Julie Niesen: Some basic thoughts on Twitter Etiquette

Account Management

Good Twitter Hygiene

• David Kadavy: How to get Tweets on your mobile device without going crazy.
• Kim M. Bayne: Removing all those Twitter news feeds from my friends list. This is getting to be too much. Some update way too often.

This Vs. That

• "For personal use I am almost overwhelmed by my Twitter feed. It's too much. I over-committed. I can't consume my Twitter stream to my phone anymore; I have to consume it via RSS (and apps like Twitteriffic). I can't imagine I am the only person with this issue," blogged by Brady Forrest, O'Reilly Radar, "TwitterCamp, an Apollo-based visualizer," on 04/11/2007

Posting Norms

Discretion

Some things are better left unsaid.

• Debra Hamel: That part I'll tell you off-Twitter. Twitter Public Timeline, 4/5/2007 1:01:37 PM

Impersonation

Twitter users posting as someone else...

• Tara Hunt: Is often funny. See
  • Fakers, especially Darth Vader

Profanity

"Whatever happened to class?," ~ Matron "Mama" Morton, Chicago the Musical

• Tara Hunt: Swear at least once per day. Or at least put something like this in: $#%@&*!!! ;)

Hashtags

"#followfriday @montanaflynn @twuoted @biz @john" 10 minutes ago from web

• Montana  Flynn: How To: #hashtags on twitter.  (#Quote, #Followfriday, Etc..)

Round-the-Clock Updates

• Kim M. Bayne: "I draw the line at Twittering while on the toilet. Not gonna happen. Nope.," 01:10 PM March 24, 2007 from web

Quality vs. Quantity

• Tara Hunt: I'm on jabber, so the more, the merrier! I would advise people who are feeling like they get too many messages to switch to email/web/jabber and/or unsubscribe from the frequent twitterers. :)
• Meghan WIlker: gently reminding co-workers that twitter and IM are not the same thing. Twitter Public Timeline, 4/4/2007 1:20:47 PM

Spam

What constitutes spam on Twitter?

• Tara Hunt: Unsolicited messages? I don't mind people plugging their events/software/blogposts occasionally, but if that's all they do, I'll just unsubscribe.
• Tom Morris: Mass adding seems to be a clear case of Twitter spam. It's a daily occurrence now to get five or ten Twitter adds, all of which point to an account that is spamming something, is following 5,000 people and has three people following them. original tweet

Style

You've heard of AP, Chicago and Wired Style. Now there's Twitter style.

• Take a look at this Twitter Style Guide, proposed by Grammar Girl.

Also see

• Twitter Descriptions
• Twitter Glossary