Netiquette
Netiquette
MS. EILEEN ROSE C. QUILON
Instructor
"Netiquette" is network etiquette, the do's and don'ts of online communication. Netiquette covers both common courtesy online and the informal "rules of the road" of cyberspace. Core Rules
Rule 1: Remember the human
• Computer networks bring people together who'd otherwise never meet. But the impersonality of the medium changes that meeting to something less -- well, less personal. • You don't have to be engaged in criminal activity to want to be careful. Any message you send could be saved or forwarded by its recipient. You have no control over where it goes. Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online that you follow in real life
• In real life, most people are fairly lawabiding, either by disposition or because we're afraid of getting caught.
In cyberspace, the chances of getting caught sometimes seem slim.
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace Netiquette varies from domain to domain
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What's perfectly acceptable in one area may be dreadfully rude in another.
Netiquette is different in different places, it's important to know where you are.
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
• When you send email or post to a discussion group, you're taking up other people's time.
• The word "bandwidth" is used to refer to the storage capacity of a host system. When you accidentally post the same note to the same newsgroup five times, you are wasting both time and bandwidth.
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online • As in the world at large, most people who communicate online just want to be liked. Networks -- particularly discussion groups -- let you reach out to people you'd otherwise never meet.
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
• The Internet itself was founded and grew because scientists wanted to share information. Gradually, the rest of us got in on the act.
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control • "Flaming" is what people do when they express a strongly held opinion
MS. EILEEN ROSE C. QUILON
Instructor
"Netiquette" is network etiquette, the do's and don'ts of online communication. Netiquette covers both common courtesy online and the informal "rules of the road" of cyberspace. Core Rules
Rule 1: Remember the human
• Computer networks bring people together who'd otherwise never meet. But the impersonality of the medium changes that meeting to something less -- well, less personal. • You don't have to be engaged in criminal activity to want to be careful. Any message you send could be saved or forwarded by its recipient. You have no control over where it goes. Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online that you follow in real life
• In real life, most people are fairly lawabiding, either by disposition or because we're afraid of getting caught.
In cyberspace, the chances of getting caught sometimes seem slim.
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace Netiquette varies from domain to domain
•
•
What's perfectly acceptable in one area may be dreadfully rude in another.
Netiquette is different in different places, it's important to know where you are.
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
• When you send email or post to a discussion group, you're taking up other people's time.
• The word "bandwidth" is used to refer to the storage capacity of a host system. When you accidentally post the same note to the same newsgroup five times, you are wasting both time and bandwidth.
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online • As in the world at large, most people who communicate online just want to be liked. Networks -- particularly discussion groups -- let you reach out to people you'd otherwise never meet.
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
• The Internet itself was founded and grew because scientists wanted to share information. Gradually, the rest of us got in on the act.
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control • "Flaming" is what people do when they express a strongly held opinion