Internet Etiquette or Internet Etiquette or NetiquetteNetiquette

Ten Rules Of NetiquetteTen Rules Of Netiquette

There are Ten rules of There are Ten rules of Netiquette that everyone who Netiquette that everyone who goes online should follow. goes online should follow.

You should remember them You should remember them every time you go online. every time you go online.

Netiquette is a set of rules for Netiquette is a set of rules for behaving properly online.behaving properly online.

The ten rules are as follows.The ten rules are as follows.

Rule No. 1: Remember the Rule No. 1: Remember the HumanHuman

You need to You need to remember that you are remember that you are talking to a real person talking to a real person when you are online.when you are online.

The internet brings The internet brings people together who people together who would otherwise never would otherwise never meet.meet.

Remember this saying Remember this saying when sending an when sending an email: Would I say email: Would I say this to the person’s this to the person’s face. face.

Rule No.2: Adhere to the same Rule No.2: Adhere to the same standards online that you follow in standards online that you follow in real lifereal life

You need to behave You need to behave the same way online the same way online that you do in real life.that you do in real life.

You need to You need to remember that you remember that you can get caught doing can get caught doing things you should not things you should not be doing online just be doing online just like you can in real life.like you can in real life.

You are still talking to You are still talking to a real person with a real person with feelings even though feelings even though you can’t see them. you can’t see them.

Rule no. 3: Know where you Rule no. 3: Know where you are in cyberspace.are in cyberspace.

Always take a look around when Always take a look around when you enter a new domain when you enter a new domain when surfing the web.surfing the web.

Get a sense of what the Get a sense of what the discussion group is about before discussion group is about before you join it. you join it.

Rule no.4: Respect other Rule no.4: Respect other people’s time and bandwidth.people’s time and bandwidth. Remember people have other Remember people have other

things to do besides read your things to do besides read your email. You are not the center of email. You are not the center of their world.their world.

Keep your post and emails to a Keep your post and emails to a minimum by saying what you minimum by saying what you want to say.want to say.

Remember everyone won’t Remember everyone won’t answer your questions.answer your questions.

Rule No. 5: Make yourself Rule No. 5: Make yourself look good online.look good online.

Remember to always check Remember to always check your spelling and grammar your spelling and grammar before posting.before posting.

Always know what you are Always know what you are talking about and make sense talking about and make sense saying it.saying it.

Be polite and pleasant to Be polite and pleasant to everyone.everyone.

Rule no. 6: Share expert Rule no. 6: Share expert knowledgeknowledge

Ask questions onlineAsk questions online Share what you know online.Share what you know online. Post the answers to your Post the answers to your

questions online because questions online because someone may have the same someone may have the same question you do.question you do.

Rule No.7: Help keep flame Rule No.7: Help keep flame wars under controlwars under control Netiquette does Netiquette does

not forbid not forbid flaming.flaming.

Netiquette does Netiquette does however forbid however forbid people who are people who are flaming to hurt flaming to hurt discussion discussion groups by groups by putting the putting the group down.group down.

Rule No. 8: Respect other Rule No. 8: Respect other people’s privacypeople’s privacy

Do not read other people’s mail Do not read other people’s mail without their permission.without their permission.

Going through other people’s Going through other people’s things could cost you your job or things could cost you your job or you could even go to jail.you could even go to jail.

Not respecting other people’s Not respecting other people’s privacy is bad Netiquette.privacy is bad Netiquette.

Rule No.9: Don’t abuse your Rule No.9: Don’t abuse your power.power.

Do not take advantage of other Do not take advantage of other people just because you have people just because you have more knowledge or power than more knowledge or power than them.them.

Treat others as you would want Treat others as you would want them to treat you if the roles them to treat you if the roles were reversed.were reversed.

Rule No. 10: Be forgiving of Rule No. 10: Be forgiving of other people’s mistakes.other people’s mistakes.

Do not point out mistakes to Do not point out mistakes to people online.people online.

Remember that you were once Remember that you were once the new kid on the block.the new kid on the block.

You still need to have good You still need to have good manners even though you are manners even though you are online and can not see the online and can not see the person face to face.person face to face.

Email EtiquetteEmail Etiquette

There are etiquette There are etiquette rules for email rules for email messages also. messages also. They are as They are as follows:follows:

Check your email Check your email dailydaily

Delete unwanted Delete unwanted messages.messages.

Keep messages in Keep messages in your box to a your box to a minimumminimum

Mail messages Mail messages can be can be downloaded and downloaded and save for future save for future references.references.

Never assume that Never assume that your Email can be your Email can be read by no one but read by no one but yourself. yourself.

Remember there Remember there are always be are always be lurking around lurking around onlineonline

Ten Commandments of Ten Commandments of Computer EthicsComputer Ethics Ten commandments Ten commandments

taken from the User taken from the User Guidelines and Netiquette Guidelines and Netiquette By Arlene Rinaldi. Ten By Arlene Rinaldi. Ten commandments are as commandments are as follows:follows:

Thou shalt not use Thou shalt not use computer to harm people. computer to harm people.

Thou shalt not interfere Thou shalt not interfere with other people’s work.with other people’s work.

Thou shalt not snoop Thou shalt not snoop around other people’s around other people’s files.files.

Thou shalt not use a Thou shalt not use a computer to stealcomputer to steal

Thou shalt not use a Thou shalt not use a computer to bear false computer to bear false witnesswitness

Thou shalt not use or Thou shalt not use or copy software.copy software.

Thou shalt not use other Thou shalt not use other people’s computer people’s computer resources.resources.

Thou shalt not Thou shalt not appropriate other appropriate other people’s intellectual people’s intellectual output.output.

Thou shalt think about Thou shalt think about the social consequences the social consequences of the program you write.of the program you write.

Thou shalt use a Thou shalt use a computer in ways tha computer in ways tha show consideration and show consideration and respect.respect.

NetiquetteNetiquette

Remember the Remember the Ten rules of Ten rules of Netiquette and Netiquette and the Ten the Ten commandments commandments for computer for computer Ethics while you Ethics while you are online and are online and you will not you will not have any have any problems.problems.

Remember the Rules!!!!Remember the Rules!!!!

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