netiquette

Netiquette is a set of social conventions that facilitate interaction over networks, ranging from Usenet and mailing lists to blogs and forums. Netiquette or net etiquette is actually refers to the etiquette on the Internet. Good netiquette involves respecting others' privacy and not doing anything online that will annoy or frustrate other people. There are three areas where good netiquette is highly stressed are e-mail, online chat, and newsgroups. The term netiquette is commonly used in reference to popular forms of online communication, including email, forums and chat. While some netiquette issues are technical in nature, all fundamentally concern how people relate to each other. Once the technical nuances are grasped and abstract concepts are understood, online etiquette is not much different than offline etiquette. The rules of netiquette are:
• Respect other participants
• Don't type in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS Be careful with humour
• Respect people's time and bandwidth
• Only post relevant items
• Be forgiving
• Represent yourself well
• Be brief, precise, and clear
• Be quick, and don't monopolize the chat