Netiquette in one picture

A lot of smart stuff has been written about netiquette and behavior in social networks, blogs etc. But when all is said and done, it boils down to this:

Photo by Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino (aka Designswarm)

Protect your tweets - or don’t

Recently I proposed to add a little Twitter feature, namely an indicator for why you protect your Twitter feed. (Why is this important? To prevent social awkwardness.) Tapio picked up on this issue and asked (among others) me:
You folks out there must have come across that situation: a new follower request comes in, you don’t […]

Twitter feature request: Protected updates options

One thing that’d be really useful for Twitter: If you could signal somehow why your Twitter updates are protected. Some folks do it because they prefer to communicate within their circle of friends. Others do it so they can monitor who subscribes to their tweets - which is the only way of making sure that […]