Don’t be that Guy… Yeah, THAT guy
I’m a patient person by most people’s standards. I try to be easy-going, understanding, and positive but someone’s gotta put their foot down and put a chokehold on THAT guy.
You’ve seen THOSE guys, not to be confused with #usguys, in action. Regular spam methods just aren’t good enough for that guy(or girl). That guy has to sauté it, bread it, and deep fry it before personally delivering it to your newsfeeds and timelines. That guy goes above and beyond to make you feel uncomfortable, annoyed, and suspicious of their motives. I’ve always been of the opinion that relationships are a two way street and deals should be made based on a win-win premise… but those guys obviously see it differently.
So this is going to be short and simple – if you value the meaningful relationships that develop through social media, pay attention.
DON’T BE THAT GUY WHO
- Creates a Facebook group for the sole purpose of promoting their own agenda, and then add their whole friend list to be part of it.
- Suggest I like your Facebook page if you don’t know me or never had a meaningful conversation with me
- Contest and Charitable causes aside, perpetually asks for likes and/or retweets; it looks desperate
- Snatches someone else’s photo, status, or infographic and front as if it’s your own
- Doesn’t respond to commenters or reply to tweeters because you’re worried about your Klout score
- Drops into a tweet chat, talk it up like you actually participate, and then bounce 5 minutes later
- Talks smack behind peoples back; social circles are too tight knit, they’ll find out.
Wow, I feel 132% better now that I’ve got that off my chest.
Please help and add to the list. What else does THAT guy do that annoys the hell out of you? Was I wrong/overly lame on any of the above examples?
Sure sounds like we have some of the same people following both of us on many of the social media sites... LOL And I can't really think of anything you've left out but the guys that want you to pay them to get followers and likes and when you go to their twitter account to block and shut them down they have like 10 followers and are following 2,000. You would think that if they are able to deliver 500 to 10,000 followers they would have them for themselves. Not a ringing endorsement of their services. But really you're correct about people who go beyond even the normal low standards of spamming. I guess the real question is how can they possibly get people to respond to such blatant spam messages. But I guess they do or they would quit. Anyway I'm always one to turn them in and block them when I find I see them. Lets just hope that someday they get the message that if you give a real service people will use you and you can make money.
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