Top 10 (or more) Twitter Blunders

Let’s face it, social media has created a colliding set of worlds as people approach it with their own set of curiosities and motives.  In this post I’ll shaer a few of the common (and humorous) things I’ve observed on Twitter classified as ‘blunders’.  More importantly, I invite you to share your ‘blunder’ observations as well.  This is no insult to those publishing their status update blunders, rather, somewhat of an admission of what we’ve seen and done ourselves, as we figure out how to use Twitter for business and beyond.

Top 10 (or more) Twitter Blunders

Today at Small Business Trends, Anita Campbell posted and interesting piece entitled Give Us Your Twitter Tips! giving people who have tips on using Twitter an opportunity to share their knowledge.

I thought I’d take a humorous side and see what folks have to say when it comes to blunders observed on Twitter (afterall most tweets are public).  This is your post, I’m attempting to merely start it off with 5 observations of my own.  This post may not go anywhere at all, but if it does it will be because you helped make the most of it.

1. Auto Direct Messages (DMs): I’m ok with Auto DMs (I use them too) when I follow someone, but not so much when someone you follow automatically direct messages you with the intent to sell you something (not give).  Here is a screenshot of what Warren Whitlock is doing with his “Dumb Auto DM of the Day”
   
2. BizOpp DMs: Similar to selling stuff, one that came recently, Do you know anyone looking to start a business with minimal cash?
3. Misspellings: If you have ever done this, you can easily delete the message and repost it using the little trash bin next to the message (done this many times).
4. Multi-Tweet: When 140 characters isn’t enough, some will sequence tweet a whole paragraph…
5. No Engagement: Always sayin’ rarely listening.  Not participating in a conversation with meaningful replies.

Now it is your turn. What have you observed in your use with Twitter, that you’d classify as a blunder?  Perhaps you have a specific example?  Maybe you just published one yourself?  Drop your input in the comment boxes below.  If I get enough engagement I’ll rank them and post a follow up with acknowledgements.
Image Credit to Voxefx

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