Goofus and Gallant are fictional characters used to teach children good and bad behaviors through short stories. This document parodies those characters to provide social media guidelines, with Goofus demonstrating poor practices and Gallant showing best practices. It draws from existing social media guidelines developed by a university for educational purposes.

1. Social Media Guidelines with Goofus and Gallant Dylan Wilbanks March 4, 2010

8. With Thanks Best practices from social media guidelines developed by Elise Daniel, University of Washington Marketing Goofus and Gallant are copyright Highlights For Children, who still put out a monthly children’s magazine you should buy. This is intended as an educational parody. Please don’t sue me.