What are some unwritten rules of graffiti?

What are some unwritten rules of graffiti?

Unwritten Rules of Graffiti : Never paint over someone else's work unless yours is better.

The Ultimate Offense is Writing Over Someone Else’s Work.

Anonymity is Important / Not Snitching Communication is Usually to Other Writers; Not to the General Public Graffiti Is Advertisement (Space Used is Important) “Paradoxically, graffiti, which prides itself in being one of the only true subcultures in so much as its practitioners are in it not for the money but for the fame, could in fact be, a direct result rather than a by-product of advertising, the glaring antithesis to notions of purity and altruism”.

Graffiti has Structure “Although the graffiti art community may seem unstructured, it adheres to a strict hierarchy among its writers. The most visible or skilled artists are known as ‘kings’, and iconography of crowns within their work is a reference to the writer’s status. Lesser artists can only gain status by impressing a (‘king’)” Real Graffiti is Illegal Real Writers Wouldn’t Deface a Small Business No Writing on Religious Sanctuaries