The 10 Corniest Things Menswear Bloggers Do On Social Media

Please, PLEASE, don't be that guy.

Not Available Lead
Complex Original

Image via Complex Original

Not Available Lead

Written by Jian DeLeon (@jiandeleon)

Social media is great. It allows people, especially bloggers, to connect with their audience in new ways, establish their personal brand a bit more, and share more of their taste with the Internet at large. Social networks like Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr are especially popular with the menswear set, given their propensity for joking around and taking photos of really nice, expensive clothing.

But #menswear isn't all sprezzatura and pants with no break. Indeed, social media can blow up in many a blogger's face if they come off as especially corny. With New York Fashion Week starting today, don't become the butt of the joke and pick up some good rules of thumb for navigating the massive world of social networking.  These are The 10 Corniest Things Menswear Bloggers Do On Social Media.

10. "Good morning" tweets

Not Available Interstitial

9. Follow Friday

Not Available Interstitial

8. Instagram every single meal

Not Available Interstitial

7. Blast the same content on all platforms

Not Available Interstitial

6. Use cliché terminology

Not Available Interstitial

5. Laud everything you get for free

Not Available Interstitial

4. Publicly answering dumb Tumblr questions

Not Available Interstitial

3. Hating your fame

Not Available Interstitial

2. Hashtag overload

Not Available Interstitial

1. Tease content

Not Available Interstitial

Latest in Style