April 6, 2009 - Who talks on the phone anymore? From baby boomers
to Generation Y... text messaging is now the communication method of choice.
But does that mean that the old rules of "etiquette" are thrown
out when texting? Predicto Mobile (www.predicto.com) provides a list of what
not to do and basically how to BEHAVE when texting:
1. Use Text abbreviations we ALL understand: No need for texting
things like INUCOSM or RUUP4IT. There is no need to carry text abbreviation
to English dictionary.
2. Drunk texting: Friends don't let friends text drunk, "just
say no!" It's not your responsibility, but your duty to take away their
phone.
3. Texting during a face to face conversation: You're telling
the other person that they aren't worth ALL your attention, someone else is
more important.
4. Paragraph texting: Try to keep texts around 140 characters,
just like a Twitter Tweet ;) Leave your dissertation for Grad School!
5. Sending pictures via text: Careful...it might not be just
for the eyes of the person you are sending to, but many others who have no
business seeing it.
6. Text noise alerts: If you're a serial texter keep the alert
to vibrate or silent (better yet) so you don't bother everyone around you
with the robot-like singing of the "The Spice Girls".
