It’s that time of the year! You’ve survived the winter and hibernation season is over. It’s time to clean out your closets, do your taxes and pump up your bike tires. Why not also take this festive cheer and clean up your digital life as well? Uncluttering yourTwitterandFacebookavatars will feel just as soul-cleansing as a trip to Goodwill. Here are a few tips for spring cleaning, social media style.
Cleaning Up Facebook
Unfriend Etiquette
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Cleaning Up the Home Page
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Suck In Your Own Gut
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Untag
Reduce email notifications
Cleaning Up Twitter
Tweet & Follow Etiquette
Unfollow Tips
Keeping Your Feed Relevant
The Internet is not without a lot of noise and commotion, which often detracts from how awesome the Internet really is. Thankfully, there are many tools and nuances of etiquette that can really make the digital space that much more of an enjoyable place. Cause really, it’s about to get very warm out, and you should be spending time at the beach reading TNW on your iPad, not bothered by Facebook wall update notifications.
How do you plan on cleaning up your social media presence this spring? Share your stories in the comments!
Story byCourtney Boyd Myers
Courtney Boyd Myers is the founder of audience.io, a transatlantic company designed to help New York and London based technology startups gr(show all)Courtney Boyd Myers is the founder ofaudience.io, a transatlantic company designed to help New York and London based technology startups grow internationally.
Previously, she was the Features Editor and East Coast Editor of TNW covering New York City startups and digital innovation. She loves magnets + reading on a Kindle.
You can follow her onFacebook,Twitter @CBMandGoogle +.
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