Ettiquette
Etiquette lets us be polite on the Internet. We have strict rules of being polite on the Internet. The most important ones are;
1)’Be tactful’:To approach a mentally handicap person in a clever manner. Find out what they are interested. Keep the topic on favourite things.For boys ask for his favourite football team or his favourite sports. For a girl ask her what her favourite food is or maybe you can ask her what she normally does during her free time.Don’t ask things like how old are you and where do you come from. The person can be very suspicious.
2) ‘Bite your tongue’: to watch the words that you say. Never mention the bad words. We must be careful especially while talking online.In some online games like ‘Runescape’ people sometimes say the bad words and then they will get reported of abuse. Never say the bad words to anybody.Even if someone insulted you, just don’t mention or answer back.
3)’Don’t use uppercase’ : Don’t use capitals in mails or online websites. Some people consider this rude. Only use the capital letters in the beginning of the sentence.Some people gets too sensitive and starts to report and then who knows what will happen? Some online websites can freeze the person who said the bad word’s account. We must be careful.
4)’Mind your language’: This means to never talk to people in a rude way.Unless you’ve known the person for an extremely long time or if the person doesn’t mind. Never say the bad words to older people since it will be considered as no respect for the eldest. If a person calls u the ‘f’ word don’t answer back and straight away report.
5) ‘Watch your words’: Never mention the bad words to anybody. We may hurt the persons feelings if we mention the bad words to them. We can never say the bad words to people which we have just met. Only to people we’ve known for a long time or since childhood. For example, you insulted somebody and then the person said that he/she will get revenge. Thats why we say to watch your words.
6) Respect confidently : Don’t post e-mail you have received from someone else without his/her concern. Apart from being rude, illegal bridges confidence. If you don’t know the person who sent the mail to you don’t reply back and just delete it. You are only allowed to reply to people you know. But, never reply to someone you don’t know because it is very dangerous.
7) Keep it simple: Don’t be so detail. For example, you want to write a biodata in your blog, never write too much things about yourself. Don’t put in difficult words. Try to use simple language that can be understood by others. Same goes to e-mail. Avoid using too many smilies. Smilies are icons to express more on your feelings. Also just write three till five sentences on a topic will do. Language is also important because some people can understand and some can’t. English is the most common language. So, when writing a mail always use English as its language. Never write a mail to someone in a different language. Keep mails short and simple.
8) Don’t be a grammar pedant: Don’t mind about other people’s grammar so much. Sometime people make mistakes and some are very careful with their grammar.Some people are very careful that they can spot a grammar error and straight away complain. Normally, there is a grammar error icon in e-mails as well as blogs. Use the icon after you write a page or post(for blogs) and compose a new mail(e-mail) Try to improve your English for the person to at least understand what you are trying to say. Some people take this seriously and it might be possible to be able to hurt their feelings.
9) Use plain text: Don’t use html text. Html text is actually another word for short form. Although some people can understand html, it is best not to use it. Instead, you should use plain text. Everyone understands plain text more then html. Only very few people understand html. So, its best not to use html to people. But, unlike some online games, they may allow html, either ecause they allow or either because they only accept that language. Actually, some people like to use html for messaging. Html has is own language. For example; message becomes msg, house becomes hse and too becomes 2.
10) Warn if might spoilt a surprise: You can warn people about something before they even know it yet. For example; a football match or a horse race. You know who is going to win and who is not going to win before anyone even knows or finds out just yet. Actually, telling someone who wins and who doesn’t helps a lot to people who bet. It helps the person from losing money but it helps the person to gain money. This helps a lot and may mean a lot to the person. But, if you are not sure, then don’t make any warnings that probably aren’t true because it might get the person angry and you might get in trouble.
