Social media TMI may be no LOL matter

(NBC) - Faster than you can say "Facebook," chances are you will find a friend's post that falls into the "TMI" category.

A survey on digital sharing by Intel found that 9 out of 10 Americans believe that people are sharing too much about themselves online.

“The overshare is definitely coming through,” said Anna Post, of the Emily Post Institute. “88 percent of people wish that others thought more about how people would perceive them when they were sharing information online.”

Post, the great great granddaughter of etiquette expert Emily Post, has compiled a list of dos and don’ts about social media sharing.

“The way that I like to think about online sharing is that if you wouldn’t gather all your Facebook contacts together in an auditorium and wouldn’t be comfortable saying this to any one of them, then it probably is not the right thing to be sharing online,” she said.

Post said people are especially bothered by the sharing of inappropriate or explicit photos, rigid political views, or sharing of others' personal information.

“Definitely don’t share personal information about somebody else," she said. "That’s their choice and theirs alone."

Her advice is the digital equivalent of counting to 10.

“Waiting before you post something is the smart way to go,” Post said. “When you’ve got that mobile device and you snap a photo at a party, maybe wait an hour before you post to give yourself that chance to think twice about it.”

Think twice because the survey shows one-fourth of us are sharing information online at least once a day.