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The Unspoken Rules of Social Media

Do's, don'ts, and REALLY don'ts.

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The Unspoken Rules of Social Media
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Our generation is very social media driven. Some of us have picked up on the unspoken social media rules and some of us have not. For some people they use their social media as a shrine to how good they are and some of us do not post very often at all. Here are the unspoken rules of social media:

1. Do not post a 500 second long story, of all the same thing.

We all have that one friend who will post every 5 minutes of the different songs the DJ plays at a party.

2. You only need to post a picture to Instagram once maybe twice a day.

If you want to post 2+ photos on Instagram then just make a Facebook album.

3. If you make a collage for a birthday dont use a billion tiny photos use a few big ones.

4. You do not need 5+ hashtags in one post, one or two will do just fine.

no caption needed.

5. Do not post and then delete and then post something else to Instagram. We will notice.

We notice, especially if we have already liked it!!

6. Even is your best friends post is terrible you still have to like it.

You know the post im talking about the one where the lighting is bad, her hair looks pretty bad, and he makeup is all over the place.

7. Having other people take snap chat videos of your outfit.

We dont need a video of you twirl for 10 second in an outfit.

8. Do not post 5 billion quotes on facebook, instagram, twitter, or snapchat singling one person out.

We all have that one friend that breaks up with someone and then makes everyone else pay for it. We eventually will unfollow or block you.

9. DO NOT like your own post. That is a sure way to look desperate.

Please just dont.

10. Do not over edit your photos!

We all have that one or two friends that like to over edit to where it does not even look like themselves.

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