Adrianos is an Internet Defamation attorney in Los Angeles and authors the聽California Defamation Law Blog. You can also follow Adrianos on twitter at聽@adrianos
By Adrianos Facchetti:
Can you imagine life without Twitter?
Stop and think about it for a second.
What would it be like? How about imagining baseball without hotdogs, or making phone calls without your iPhone? It鈥檚 difficult, right?
Twitter is important to many of us for many reasons, which makes the thought of losing the privilege to tweet almost unfathomable. But, it鈥檚 possible and I鈥檓 going to show you some simple ways you can keep it from happening.
The first thing you need to do is read Twitter鈥檚 Terms of Service. You can find them at the bottom of your Twitter homepage under 鈥淭erms.鈥
When you click on 鈥淭erms鈥 you will find a short list of basic terms and conditions. Read them all and then continue reading this post. You will thank me for this.
Did you read them? If not, that鈥檚 OK for now because I鈥檓 going to boil them down for you.
Don鈥檛 spam
This is probably the quickest and most common way to get kicked off of Twitter. How many times have you received a follow from someone like 鈥淍MARKETING_SUPERSTAR鈥 or 鈥淍Molly,鈥 who happens to be a scantily clad young 鈥渓ady鈥 with no followers who鈥檚 following 1,947 people? Or how about when you receive four or five tweets in a row from a person? Is that spam? I don鈥檛 know the answer to that one. A simple rule to follow is to spread out your tweets and treat Twitter like a face-to-face encounter. Courtesy counts.
Don鈥檛 harass or abuse anyone
Courtney Love is learning this one the hard way after she was sued for alleged defamatory tweets last month. Bottom line. Do not use profanity. Do not threaten or attempt to intimidate anyone. A good rule of thumb is to keep away from Twitter after 11:00 p.m. (tired) or after a night of drinks. No drunken tweets.
Don鈥檛 impersonate anyone
Don鈥檛 impersonate celebrities or anyone else for that matter. It鈥檚 usually not funny and celebrities REALLY care about their online reputation. Twitter takes this very seriously.
Don鈥檛 abuse Twitter
Don鈥檛 hack Twitter or attempt to show your hacker buddies how cool you are by introducing a worm or virus to Twitter.
Don鈥檛 break the law
This is meant to be broad. Some of the things you should avoid doing are infringing on another person鈥檚 copyright or trademark and defamation of character.
Even if you do none of the above, however, Twitter reserves the right 鈥 . . . to refuse service to anyone for any reason at anytime.鈥 But I think if you simply use common sense you鈥檒l be fine.
Have you wondered what your daily life would be like without Twitter? I鈥檇 like to know your thoughts. Leave a comment below.
If you don鈥檛 leave a comment, your Twitter account may be suspended. Just kidding, or am I?
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Thanks for taking the time to inform 鈥淭witters鈥 about the law regarding the maintaining an account with Twitter. It is greatly appreciated.
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