Police Warning: 13 Taboos on Using WeChat
Police Warning: 13 Taboos on Using WeChat
1. Avoid incurring obligations: Never post any radical content or pictures, especially some “red” content on politics. Stay out of troubles.
2. Never spread any untrue gossips: “Three People Make a Tiger”, a Chinese wisdom means that rumors are really frightful things, and often hide the truth, even bring the parties needless trouble. Carefully mind your p’s and q’s.
3. Against vulgarity: Never forward any vulgar content, because your context is a reflector of your own implied taste.
4. Never post any advertising link or promote any products, especially the false or over exaggerated advertisements
5. Never curse people: do not force anyone to retweet your work, for example: if you forward the post, you’ll be in luck or you’ll make a great future. Otherwise, you’ll… This is a completely taboo on WeChat.
6. Do not induce others to retweet by promising beneficial things, including collecting likes, comments or forwarding for lucky money….
7. Privacy disclosure is forbidden: never post any private content or images without the permission of the parties. You may be involved in a lawsuit on portraiture rights and human rights.
8. Retweet after “like”: if you intend to forward a fantastic post or picture, keep in mind “do it after like it”. This is courtesy, and also cultivation.
9. Courtesy demands reciprocity: Do not just perform as a “viewer” of others’ posts. Try to post yourself. When others “greets” you, response as soon as possible.
10. Try not posting any personal trivial things or troubles. You’ll not only affect the moods of friends, waste their time, but also expose too much private information arbitrarily.
11. Do not post any information involves state or company secrets, even improper for a one-to-one message. Because there’s always the chance the secrets being leaked out. After all, it’s the days of information and network.
12. Collect those classical and valuable content. Make a good habit of always reading and thinking, and of constant self-improvement.
13. Never let WeChat control your life. Everything is a double-edged sword. Appropriate time on WeChat better serves your life. Don’t be a phubber, terribly impact your normal life.
