Notice.
Now with the recent explosion of technology, it is easy to forget the simple guidelines rules that we have all come to enjoy. So here are the new and updated rules for digital gentlemen and other highly evolved humans. Enjoy.
*I have taken the liberty to add some rules that I believe are also important*
- Don’t Google-Stalk before a first date.
- If you bought it, you can rip it.
- Texting is ok while in the company of others.
- Provide subjects for all emails.
- If you can’t buy it online, feel free to bittorrent.
- Never broadcast your relationship status.
- “Shuffle” is not a party playlist.
- Don’t lie with your Facebook photo.
- Live a balanced media diet.
- Don’t follow more people then follow you.
- No More then 20 tweets in 24 hours.
- Online conversations are not all about you. Use @reply.
- On Facebook, Ignore your EX.
- Friend your boss. But not your boss’s boss. Follow them both on twitter.
- Don’t send E-Cards - E-Invites.
- Don’t use a photo of your pet or child as your profile picture.
- Ditch the Bluetooth headset. Or consider yourself an honorary douche.
- Put on your costume at the con.
- Don’t set your ringtone to the latest hip hop tune.
- Don’t blog or tweet anything that has more then half a million hits.
- Don’t type “brb”. Just go and come back.
- Delete unwanted posts from your Facebook wall.
- Never BCC anyone.
- Meet online friends in the real world. *note: this will be weird*
- Hunger and fatigue are not valid tweets.
- Leave your wi-fi open. That way you can’t get booked for downloading.
- Seek out your coworkers on Facebook. *note: must be of opposite gender*
- The driver controls the iPod.
- Break up privately before you break up in public.
- There is no such thing as too many friends.
- Don’t be a douche online.
- Never apologize for a lame tweet of blog post.
- You can reinvent yourself online. Just don’t be a douche.
- Don’t hesitate to haggle on Craigslist or Kijiji.
- Ignore Facebook polls.
- Don’t work all the time. You’ll live to regret it.
- Wearing headphones means “Do not disturb”. Unless your only wearing one.
- Never unfollow someone because they unfollowed you.
- Follow @rohanlikhite. Don’t be a douche about it.
