Etiquette...or netiquette?


Today we are going to talk about the Rules of Netiquette.


What is Netiquette? What does it mean? Do we need it? And why?

You can’t.
You should.
You must.
Never…
Always…

These are the kind of declarative statements that Internet users love to make about how to behave online. No surprise, then, that the do’s and don’ts of online conversation got codified early on in what was soon known as “netiquette”. The term netiquette, attributed to Apple’s Chuq von Rosbach, first appeared in 1983.
So netiquette refers to Internet etiquette. This simply means the use of good manners in online communication such as e-mail, forums, blogs, and social networking sites to name a few. It is important to use netiquette because communication online is non-verbal.

Here are some rules of netiquette:

1. Put all items in an appropriate group.
Don’t abuse your network – Use your network the right way. Don’t post how your day is going to your network all day long. It’s unprofessional and quite frankly, unnecessary. If you must post something, post something of significance that your network can actually use, like a great social media link you just found or some sort of tip, advice or quote you find significant.
2. Read followups.
If someone asks you a question don’t ignore them. If they are trying to strike conversation respond back to them because that is how you become a good social media user. If you have been doing this for a while remember that you were there once in those shoes when you were trying to get going.
3. Don’t be rude or abusive.
Don’t try to ruin everyone else’s online experience because you don’t have any friends in real life.
4. Avoid sarcasm and facetious remarks.
Treat others how you want to be treated.
5. Invite with care.
Don’t send friends invitations without a proper introduction – they don’t know who you are in most cases and they shouldn’t guess.
6. What you post online stays online forever.
We post photos, remarks, location updates and similar content, which we think is fine because we use an anonymous username on a small niche forum. But niche forums are also indexed by search results, and if you reuse the username, other people can start to connect the dots.
7. Know where you are in cyberspace.
What you text to a friend may not be appropriate in an email to a classmate or colleague.

Follow these rules and you will be a happy user of the Internet!
What rules do you know? Let me know in the comments?
Thank you for reading, stay tuned!


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By CAMOMILE


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  1. Hello! I think that your post is very informative and contains great information about how we need to behave online!
    Thank you so much! Hope everyone will follow these rules!

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