23 social media violations (and 11 of my own)

My wife bought me a fun notepad of “social media violations”. As I read through the list I could think of several people (including myself) who, on occasion, deserve one of these violation slips.

I also found myself thinking there were a few violations missing from the list so I took the liberty of adding them. I now present to you the new list of social media violations:

23 social media violations

Banal status updates
Tagging unflattering photo(s) of others
Narcissistic profile photo
Constant profile-photo swapping
Long-winded list of interests
Endless relationship status changes
Cultural, political, and/or racial insensitivity
Weather reports
“Liking” your own status
“Liking” stupid things
Partaking in self-indulgent quizzes
Participating in annoying games
Sending unwanted virtual “gifts”
Inviting everyone to everything
Self-congratulatory posting
Not inviting me to anything
Friending nonfriends
Lurking
Inspirational quote abuse
Acronym abuse
Overposting
Overcommenting
Oversharing

11 of my own

Posting on a friend’s timeline who lives in the same house as you
Calling out someone for doing something bad in a way that makes everyone reading the status think it’s them
Not posting for 3 weeks and then posting 24 updates in a row
Posting song lyrics that other people mistake for real status updates
Saying negative things about yourself to get attention
Abusing the option to post from another website (ex: Pinterest)
Posting photos that technically meet all photo requirements but are extremely awkward for those viewing them
Checking in to your own house
Checking in to 10 or more locations in one day
Falling for obvious video post scams with titles that start with “You wouldn’t believe…”
Tagging people in photos they aren’t in just so they show up in their timeline