To Tweet, Or Not To Tweet?

by Chiara Atik · June 4, 2009

So, obviously Twitter is the preferred medium of over-sharers everywhere. The whole point is to instantly broadcast to a wide range of people the minutae of your (no doubt fascinating) everyday life.

Still, there is a line, people. There is a line.

Next time you find yourself thinking "Hey! I should tweet that!", please take a moment to read the following guide, because too often, if the question is "To Tweet or not to tweet?", the answer is No, No, NO.

Things That Are Not To Be Tweeted:

1. Tweeting In Social Situations

OverTwitten dinner with @yourmom, @yourmomsmom, @yourgrandma, @everyoneyouknow! So fun! Love these guys!

Wow, you're having so much fun that you updated your twitter DURING the super fun dinner?

2. Tweeting Your Meals

OverTwitten Just ate peanut butter and jelly sandwich with chocolate milk and some carrot sticks. Considering Jello Pudding Pack....mmmmm.

Unless you're Gordon Ramsay, no one cares. Literally, no one.

3. The Twitter Play-By-Play

OverTwitten Pretty bored right now, so I'm gonna re:watch the entire Star Wars trilogy and tweet my opinions, scene by scene.

Please don't.

4. The Twitter Run-On

OverTwitten Good Morning! Just woke up and brushed my teeth. Pretty action packed day today, I've got a meeting at nine. Meetings are pretty fun if there

OverTwitten is food but if there isn't food then they get to be pretty boring. Ok! have a great day!

Ok, listen: The beauty of Twitter is that we only have to read about your life 140 characters at a time. Twitter run-ons are a blatant violation of any Twitter friendship, and definitely merit an Un-Following.

5. Twitter TMI