An oldie but a goodie from the ever talented Oatmeal.
Sadly some still haven’t got the message:
10 things you need to stop tweeting about!
6th July 2010 by Leon Pals
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[...] to a barrage of useless information, such as is evidenced in the following top 10 list made by Leon Pals at TNW. Check it out after the break, and hope that you’re not already guilty of one of these [...]
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[...] Twitter seems to be one big crowdsourced foodlog. Social media experts constantly tell us not to tweet what we eat. But a lot of us [...]
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Errrhm how about Foursquare checkins? :)
Good one! Get drawing ;)
Gaaaaaahhh I hate those! That should be #1.
That would make me Tweet a lot less! Never seen it before and not gonna act on it :)
might as well u just shut down twitter..:)
…and what about an opposite top 10 list for twitter.
#Don’ts are easier than do’s
Do’s are probably not as funny as Dont’s
LOL Talking about the obvious
Spot on! One more: tweets about unsavory physical conditions like styes in the eyes, sores on the butt, migraines, insomnia and bad dreams.
Come on, what Im going to tweet about?
you’re kidding, right?
Does anyone tweet about anything else? I know all of the people I follow’s posts fall into one of these categories.
Maybe you should follow other people. There’s a small chance you’ll find stuff like this in my timeline. Just a lot of links, which some will say; belongs on the list as well.
You can also follow companies, services, organizations, interesting topics, even jokes, i dunno, there’s a lot. On the other hand, you can share ideas, news, links, there’s a lot too.
#2 is a definite and although I’m guilty of it you need to add foursquare/gowalla updates
Am sorry but, I don’t need to know about people activity updates, you should share them to your foursquare/gowalla community
Alternatively you could go to TheOatmeal.com that originally made this rather than giving this site kudos for someone elses work
Yes, The Oatmeal is great and the creator of this fine list. I gave them credit under the post. I don’t think he is bothered with free exposure. After all he makes a living selling prints mugs and books of his comics at http://shop.theoatmeal.com/
So if you’d really like to give the guy kudos, go over there and buy a signed print ;-)
Actually, you didn’t give him credit for the comic. There’s no preamble saying “I found this great comic at theoatmeal.com” or similar, the post is signed “by Leon Pals”, and the “sources and links” is not exactly clear that you took the content from there.
Actually it’s blatantly right under the article where *EVERY* other news organisation lists their sources. If you’re not satisfied, please feel free to read elsewhere.
1. I don’t read your site, I came here redirected from a bitly link I receieved, ironically, on twitter.
2.It is *not* blatant. The post begins with “By Leo Pals” and after the image there is a “about the author” section, implying that Leo created the art.
3.The “sources and links” gives the impression that you were inspired by those links.
Actually I took the content from 9GAG and knew it came from the Oatmeal, that’s why I placed a link to the Oatmeal as well.
I’m so gonna tweet that first example.
I’ve seen ppl sharing what they’re having for lunch – we’re food enthusiasts around here, but I am going to be the pioneer and ask ppl to RT my lunch!
http://twitter.com/lizelena11
I disagree, i think chronic tweeting about any 1 of these would be extremely lame but self correcting as no one would follow for long, but I think all of these in small doses give a picture of a life and that’s what twitter seems to be about. A glimpse at someone else s life and thought processes, as well as knowledge sharing, research, business connections etc etc. its the whole that makes someone interesting not just 1 part.
Ryan, you are my hero! You totally nailed it. If people actually listened to this post, Twitter will be significantly less interesting.
On a side note, I realize that this post is supposed to be humorous, but for some odd reason, I find it more annoying than funny. It seems like a list created by someone who’s pretty new to Twitter (or doesn’t use it often).
New list:
1 thing to STOP Blogging about.
#1, telling people what to Tweet or Not Tweet.
You list The Oatmeal as a source, when instead, Matthew Inman should be listed as the author of this work. You copied and pasted from his website without adding anything creative. Saying The Oatmeal is a source is implying that this is your own work and that The Oatmeal served as inspiration.
You should really make this change.
I’m sorry, what? The source is The Oatmeal – he created it and he deserves the credit for it. How is saying the Oatmeal is a source saying it is our own work?
On a more positive note, thank you for showing your real face, name and email address rather than hiding behind aliases like many who criticize.
This is a good discussion to have because Internet copyright is a confusing and ever-changing arena.
In regards to this issue, news organizations who reprint an article word-for-word properly attribute the article in the byline and do not simply list it as a source. If an article is listed as a source, then that means that the author took creative liberties with the material, and that it is not just a reprinting.
With this cartoon, it is taken word-for-word from The Oatmeal, so with that being the case, Matthew Inman should be listed as the author, not Leon Pals. Or, since Leon is listed as the author, something should be written above the post saying, “This cartoon was originally posted on theoatmeal.com and is the work of Matthew Inman.” My opinion is that listing The Oatmeal as a source is not enough to avoid copyright violations.
LOL, I’m for a bit of discretion and a sense of appropriateness, while keeping in mind the reason that I’m tweeting (what outcome I’m looking for). For me, the *interaction* part of Twitter is the most fun. Reaching out to other tweeters to start a dialog can yield pleasant surprises. I prefer this approach to “rules of thumb” but found the post entertaining. ;-)
Righton! Stop overloading my feed with stupid crap I don’t give a rat’s ass about!
That’s ridiculous! If that’s the case the entire Internet would have to have copyright protection! If you post on the Internet, it’s not yours anymore!
@Muse_ do you even know what you’re saying? This is Matthew Inman’s work and he should be properly credited. I agree with Rich Pulvino, the way the article is written, it looks like theoatmeal.com only served as inspiration.
Matthew Inman has a copyright notice at the bottom of his website with “Please do not steal” noted afterward. Unless Leon received permission from Matthew, then he is infringing on Matthew’s copyright. Maybe Matthew wouldn’t care if he saw this, but maybe he does because Leon lists himself as the author. Any problems can be avoided simply by giving credit when credit is due. As stated earlier, listing The Oatmeal as a source is not enough in this case.
Look, I didn’t list myself as the author. It’s because I posted it that it says I’m the post author. It happens more and more that blogs don’t even post their sources. I did, the Oatmeal is the source. Not a source of inspiration, the source of the content.
I’m not saying I created the comic, you assumed that. If you check the pingbacks below someone else did also and reposted this post on their blog saying I created it. Guess what? I corrected them in their comments.
This is Shareables and while we do create some stuff ourselves, most of it is created by others and we just want to share it with you.
Alright, sorry about the confusion.
In fact, unless there is a creative commons license that provides explicit permission, even if you give credit but use an image you can be at risk of trademark infringement.
This is a common problem and just seeing the barrage of comments back and forth on this post, there’s a lot of confusion on the topic. The reason why this is so important is that the original artist should be compensated or credited for their work (depending upon THEIR terms of use). When one blog uses the illustration (without permission or payment) and another blog picks it up and doesn’t give credit to the original artist, but instead the blog who picked it up, then another blog picks it up…and so on, it’s not hard to imagine why this would be an issue from the artist’s (and a legal) point of view.
A last note, a friend of mine used an image from another blog, gave credit to the original source and was sued for tens of thousands of dollars. Why? They didn’t pay and the original source’s images were copyrighted.
Here’s my post on this subject: http://www.ready2spark.com/2010/06/bloggers-are-you-at-risk-of-being-sued.html
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Now, with regards to this post, I disagree. Although I know it’s a bit tongue in cheek, I think there are some pretty critical things on your list that actually connect people and build better relationships. Namely point #3. I can’t tell you how many people I’ve connected to through conferences and events by tweeting where I am and what my thoughts are about something I’ve heard. I think it’s proper protocol if you’re going to tweet a high volume of comments to notify your followers that you’re at an event so they can tune you out.
I would agree with @Ryan that as long as it’s not chronic tweeting on any one subject that it can actually show your more human side.
I agree with you Lara, a little personality in your posts is attractive. Tweeting only what you eat all day every day is annoying and unfollow worthy. An occasional tweet just might connect me with someone who shares a passion. Do a search on Bacon…it think it’s mentioned about every 20 seconds…however, not by the same person.
Tweeting at a conference not only connects me quickly to people who are attending I may not have the opportunity to meet randomly, it also connects me to those who have like interests/issues/problems/solutions in business inside and outside of that particular conference.
The number one thing people should stop blogging about! “Telling me what the hell I can post on Twitter”
So, let me get this straight. you can steal somebody else’s copyrighted work to your own site, which will then give you and not the original author the advertising revenue.
I think you will have a law-suit on your hands.
TheOatmeal has 1.1 million unique visitors a month. Guess why? It is because his images and placed on blog all over the web with links back the TheOatmeal.com.
My issue isn’t with reposting content on a different website – it’s with providing proper attribution to the original creator. After reading Leon’s reply, I now realize that “by Leon Pals” and the about the author section is the signature for the blog post, no matter what the comment. However, I believe that if “An oldie but a goodie from the ever talented Oatmeal,” or something like it, was posted in the first place, I wouldn’t have raised the issue.
My opinion is that listing The Oatmeal as a source wasn’t good enough for attribution, because me and Leon had different interpretations of what “source” means – he meant it to mean source of content, I took it to mean source of inspiration.
I agree. If he just added a preamble saying that the comic is from theoatmeal.com all this confusion could’ve been avoided.
Stop whining, please. If you don’t like what people tweet, simply unfollow them (including myself). Don’t tell me what I should tweet about, please. Alright? ;-)
amen!
On crediting sources… I can see how a poster with an account on this website would be attributed for the article- but if you are directly re-posting from another site, that credit needs to happen at the top of the article and not buried at the bottom. I’ve found posts I’ve written on other sites with the blog poster credited as the author, and my attribution only down at the bottom.
Frankly, re-posting other people’s articles in full and gaining ad-revenue from that is what irritates me about a lot of websites like this. I’d love it if people created their own content instead of borrowing or stealing from others. If you’re going to re-post my article, I’d like to be asked and I’d like some of that ad revenue.
Hilarious! Love the pics that go with each paragraph!
There are a few things on your list that I think are a bit too extreme, and certainly agree with Lara on point #3. Leave it to an event planner to say that tweeting about a conference or event is the essence of Twitter and a vital component of any good meeting or event! Microblogging and exchanging quick bits of information are an integral part of social media. While the tweets should be informative and structured in an easily digestible (and filter-able) way, I think it’s critical that people share these types of information.
As for your comment about tweeting about personal things such as thing you’re eating, your work out, your kids etc. – While you have a point, it’s a bit extreme. Those are the parts of the conversation that make us all human – our interests and even our struggles. They too are important to the conversation and add a lot of meaning when done in a thoughtful way.
lol @ self improvement is masturbastion !
1 more: Condolences.
Foursquare checkin is just for fun… But I agree with the other things :)
What’s left?
Phahahha this is awesome :D:D:D:D And it’s true :D:D:D