The etiquette guide for a tweeting star

[caption id="attachment_6978" align="alignleft" width="380" caption="I absolutely love following Ram Gopal Varma because he comes out with some real “corkers”.  Sean Gallup/Getty Images"][/caption]Almost every Bollywood star and starlet (or at least their publicist) is tweeting these days. While some like Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan seem to have grasped what Twitter is all about, others seem to think it’s just another channel for non-stop ads about their upcoming projects.Firstpost blogger Maria Giovanna just came out with a list of Dos and Don’ts for the Bollywood celeb. Here’s an excerpt:Dos:Do the travelogue stuff, but keep it interesting.  We realise you are busy and affluent and you travel a lot.  But please, don’t just keep announcing which airport business lounge you’re currently cooling your heels in or what city you’ve just touched down in.Do be bold and take a stand. I absolutely love following Ram Gopal Varma because he comes out with some real “corkers” as my late mother would call them (that’s an Irish expression for “choice words or phrases”), and because he often gets into back-and-forths with other film people that I can best describe as “interesting”, when not downright juicy.Do avoid too many abbreviations or teen speak.Here’s a revolutionary idea: If you have so much to say and 140 characters don’t suffice, write two tweets in a row so you can complete the thought!Don’ts:Don’t re-tweet every compliment or mention of you by others. We already know you’re famous; you don’t have to also prove to us how popular you are. Mallika Sherawat, I think you’re gutsy and sexy and fun, and I loved you on Koffee with Karan, but I had to stop following you for that very reason.Don’t suddenly get active because you have a film coming out. If your Twitter stream becomes just one more propaganda channel for your latest release; we’ll get turned off really fast.  This is why I un-followed Hrithik Roshan. I love his work and his dancing, but he seemed to only tweet on the eve of Kites and Guzaarish opening.Don’t tweet the most mundane stuff in your life, unless there’s something really interesting about it this one time. “Ok, tweeple, off to bed now, good night!” doesn’t interest me in the least, even if it were to come from the enigmatic Nana Patekar.You can read the Maria's full post and her Twitter picks among filmi celebs here.