Dont post constantly

Social media can build an online presence for your business and create community for your brand. Here are 50 social media mistakes you shouldnt make on Facebook. Facebook isn't the same as Twitter, where the news feed moves with lightning speed. On Facebook, things move slower and people may get annoyed if you post every few minutes. - Susan Baroncini-Moe, business and marketing strategist and author of Business in Blue Jeans

Dont sync Spotify

Unless you want your friends to see that you've been listening to Adam Lambert, dont sync Spotify to your Facebook.

Dont type in ALL CAPS

This is yelling online.

Dont post food photos

Dont post a picture of every single meal you eat.

Dont link-bait
Putting links to sites, YouTube films and junk really annoys me. No doubt someone, somewhere clicks on it, but I never have.

Do use correct spelling, grammar and punctuation

Even with 140 characters in a tweet, which oftentimes is linked to your Facebook page, using correct grammar is key! How many job postings do you see with "strong written and/or verbal communication skills" as requirements? These aren't optional anymore. Check your grammar and spelling to make sure that it's top-notch. - Scott Mitic, CEO of TrustedID

Shh, dont tell

Dont tell someone else's secrets. - Chantay Bridges, coach, realtor, speaker and writer

Dont use your maiden name

Don't publish your maiden name. Too many sites still use this as authentication. - Robert Siciliano, McAfee's Online Security Expert

Dont talk politics

We live in a 53-47 split country. You can speak to the choir, but you will most likely get into fights. That takes the fun away from the site. - Hank Yuloff C.A.S., owner of Promotionally Minded Ad Specialties

Dont share pillow talk

Simply choose not to share this kind of information on Facebook at all, and also ask your romantic partners early on to respect your wishes and do the same when it comes to sharing information about you. Romantic relationships can be challenging enough to navigate without these added complications. - Dr. Joseph Cilona, Manhattan psychologist

Dont get caught in a lie

Don't tell someone on Facebook that you cannot go to a party, event or night out that they are having, only to go out with another group or person that uses the check-in feature on Facebook and tags you. You're caught! - Teana McDonald aka The InStyle Diva, president, National Association of Women Business Owners

Do ask permission
Never tag someone without permission; you might get someone in trouble. - Donna Talarico-Beerman, integrated marketing manager,Elizabethtown College

Dont post photos of your credit or debit card

Don't take Instagram pictures of your store receipts or online order confirmations with your personal home address or credit card information clearly visible. You'd be surprised just how often I've seen this one show up, both on Facebook and Twitter. - Heather Taylor, social media manager, MyCorporation.com

Do keep your phone number private

This includes when people lose their phone and invite their friends to post numbers in a "Lost my number, please help!" group. What most people don't know is that anything posted publicly on someone's wall or group will be picked up and indexed by search engines. Now, if anyone in the world searches for you, your number will be public. - Rob Stretch, social media director for Veterans United Home Loans

Dont post your kids whereabouts

Don't take pictures of your kids at school and post them with the location of the school added to the photo. - Teana McDonald, aka The InStyle Diva & president, National Association of Women Business Owners

Dont announce a negative job status

Do not announce to the world you just got fired. - Chantay Bridges, coach, realtor, speaker and writer

Avoid Face-noveling
Facebook offers a quick way to stay connected with your friend's busy lives. A quick glance on a smartphone can offer daily updates within seconds. It is not the venue for four paragraph posts. - Katherine O'Hara, founder of The O'Hara Project, a WBENC and MBE-certified firm specializing in advertising, public relations and social media

Farmville will get you de-friended

Don't sync your games with Facebook. Nobody wants to know how many points you earned on Bejeweled. This is a sure way to get de-friended. - Jessica Frech, social media coordinator, PLA Media

Don't post controversial content or pictures

Think twice before you post anything that reveals questionable behavior or habits. Avoid pictures that show too much skin (bikinis, underwear), excessive alcohol or reveal your party habits. Make sure that you untag yourself from images that others post if the content is inappropriate. - Scott Mitic, CEO of TrustedID

Dont post photos of your home

If you arent comfortable sharing your home address, beware of posting pics that disclose your address . Pictures of your home decorated for Halloween or your kids lined up in front of your door might inadvertently tell all your Facebook friends (and potentially their friends) your street address by displaying your house numbers. - Betsy Smith, senior social media strategist, Flightpath

If you win big, keep it quiet

Dont tell the world you won the lottery. - Chantay Bridges, coach, realtor, speaker and writer

Don't upload and store risqu photos

Too many people have had those photos compromised when the device was lost or stolen or they were still logged in from a public computer or they gave up their password in a phish. - Robert Siciliano, McAfee's online security expert

Dont Faux-book
Dont create fake Facebook accounts for the sole use of stalking. - Katherine O'Hara, founder of The O'Hara Project

Dont incriminate yourself

Don't ever discuss or admit to any type of illegal activity. - Mario Almonte, PR specialist and blogger for the Huffington Post

Dont Vague-book
This is where people leave incomplete statuses that simply beg for attention and questions from friends to find out what's happening. Examples: Life is so hard sometimes ..... - Ben Cober, PGAVDESTINATIONS.com

Do stay positive
As a brand strategist, I encourage my clients and authors to stay positive and never criticize, condemn or complain on Facebook. (Dale Carnegie principles) It's so easy to be misconstrued in a written text, and you can't always tell when someone is kidding or simply being snarky. (And your audience may not appreciate the snark in the first place.)

What could be just a rough day on your part could sound like whining and ingratitude to the casual reader, and over time may form a perception that your personal brand isn't one you'd be proud of. - Malena Lott, brand strategist and author, Athena Institute

Don't post things about your children's teachers

Trust me it finds its way right back to the teacher. - Teana McDonald, aka The InStyle Diva & president, National Association of Women Business Owners

Dont talk about sex

I do not want to know what you do in your bedroom. It is none of my business and you can only alienate people or get some very weird fans. And if you have any of these comments floating around, you do not know what potential client or employer is going to read them and get turned off. - Hank Yuloff C.A.S., owner of Promotionally Minded Ad Specialties

Do think: What would a judge think?

As an attorney, I can tell you that Facebook posts are being used as evidence all of the time. So you should never say anything on Facebook that you wouldn't be happy discussing in front of a judge. We catch people all of the time who are caught lying on Facebook: "Injured" workers posting pictures of their bowling league, criminals that brag about their crime and, most common of all, people in family law cases who get busted. I've seen parents lie about being with their kids, caught blowing money with a mistress and telling the world what they think of the judge. - Michael Helfand of FindGreatLawyers.com

Dont spam strangers

Dont send friend requests to people you don't know without an explanation of why you want to be friends. - Susan Baroncini-Moe, business and marketing strategist and author of Business in Blue Jeans

Don't broadcast your location

It's never a good idea to tell the world where you are or where you aren't. - Robert Siciliano, McAfee's online security expert

Dont announce a death

Do not announce family tragedies or death before all of the immediate members are aware. - Chantay Bridges, coach, realtor, speaker and writer

Dont mass invite

If you are hosting or going to an event in your hometown and choose to invite other people, take a look at their location before doing so. It may be easier to just invite everyone, but people receive enough Facebook requests every day without receiving invites for events taking place in cities they aren't in. Special events are an exception, but I'm constantly invited to things like Happy Hours taking place across the country from where I'm living because friends just mass-invite. - Brittany Berger

Dont post too many baby photos

Do not post more than 10 pictures of your baby in one day. - Blake Jamieson, social media consultant and author of Twitter for Actors

Don't list your phone number, address or email

Data aggregators have a harder time indexing you and scammers have less information to scam you. - Robert Siciliano, McAfee's online security expert

Don't use hashtags

It looks like spam and it's annoying! - Jessica Frech, social media coordinator, PLA Media

Dont post photos of other peoples kids

Never post a picture of someone else's child without the parent's permission. - Catherine Mosley, adjunct professor of social media marketing,Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, Va.

Dont post boredom updates

One word answers are very seldom witty. Telling us you're tired, bored, sleepy, awake or excited is never going to set the world alight and just looks like you're trying to remind people you're still alive. - Susi Weaser on Shiny Shiny

Don't get involved in drama

Heated conversations online can get out of control. If you wouldn't argue this in polite company, then you probably shouldn't argue it on the Web. Michael Zammuto, president of Reputation Changer

Do think about your profile photo

Never use a profile picture that you don't want the whole world to see. I've found that Google actually indexes these images, and a search for your name will return them toward the top of Google image search. I used a picture of my kids as my profile picture, and when I Googled my name, I was shocked to see their picture come up. - Bill Elward of Castle Ink

Dont overpromote
If you own a business, don't consistently promote it on your personal page. Give your friends a break and create a Facebook page for your business and direct your professional efforts to that platform instead. Darlynn Nangano, owner of Little Blog Dress Media, a social media marketing company

Dont post viral guilt trips

Do not post anything that ends with "99% of you will NOT repost this." - Meagan Feeser, director of PR & communications at Gavin Advertising

Dont incessantly change your relationship status

Dont change your relationship from it's complicated to in a relationship to single all the time. - Rens van der Windt, digital marketing executive at AccuraCast

Dont end a real friendship over a Facebook dispute or quarrel

Despite your best or worse intentions, written words will never be quite the same as an in-person heart-to-heart. You're human, so act like it. - Nate Long, director of public relations and social media marketing atVascular Health Sciences

Dont respond to slander

If someone is emotionally unstable and reactive enough to participate in Facebook slander, it's very unlikely that responding directly will do anything other than inflame them further. The best thing to do is ignore this kind of behavior. Although this might be very difficult if the slander is particularly embarrassing or hurtful, remember that most intelligent, rational people will read more into the behavior of the person doing the slandering than the target. If you engage and react, the likelihood that others will question your motives as well as the person slandering you increases. Also, always take screen shots and record all instances of slander in case it escalates to a level that will require legal action.

Do allow people to post to your business page

The magic happens when people can engage with you and your community.

Do let people know about major, not minor, events in your life
Events like getting a new house, a marriage proposal, a college acceptance, a job promotion, the birth of a child, etc., are fine to share with the cyber community. However, it's advisable to let those closest to you know more personally, so they don't find out the same way as someone you haven't spoken to in three years. Ordinary happenings like the contents of your lunch, how bad your cold is, your favorite sports team losing a game or whatever mundane activity you're currently doing are usually not worthy of sharing with your social network society. - Debra Fine, Keynote speaker, trainer and author of The Fine Art of Small Talk How to Start a Conversation, Keep It Going, Build Networking Skills - and Leave a Positive Impression (Hyperion)

Do adjust your privacy settings

On Facebook, you can fine-tune your settings so every visitor to your profile sees that you enjoy golfing, reading and Civil War history, but maybe only a certain group of people see your religion, political affiliations and relationships.

Dont post song lyrics

I get it. You think youre feeling exactly what Morrissey felt when he wrote There Is A Light That Never Goes Out, but in fact, youve just had a bit too much to drink and youre feeling a tad melancholy. Not. The. Same.

Do practice online safety

Do report any threats of violence or other inappropriate posts or images to Facebook and to the proper real-world authorities such as school officials, parents and police.