OTHER OPINIONS

Etiquette on the net is almost as fast evolving as life's new little rudenesses.  Everything on this site is an opinion based on the Golden Rule and the Manners of the Old South.  There is legitimate cultural reason for differences of opinion in etiquette for the net.  Good etiquette shows respect for others.  In large cities, the greatest etiquette breach is to "waste someone's time";  in rural areas, the greatest etiquette breach is to be curt with someone.  No one has yet determined the nature of the internet in this respect.  Certainly, when dealing with a large company, one might expect that good manners would show a respect for time.  Many companies on the net, however, are virtual offices - these people that you might contact have little human interaction, and may consider clipped responses to be rude.

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The following sites are well-considered and may provide you with different approaches to etiquette (or different reasoning for the same approach<G>):

An Incomplete Guide to the Internet - http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Edu/ICG/pt1.toc.html - K-12 Teachers and Students

Arrested: M.I.P. (Minors in Possession...of bad manners) - http://www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum_outside.html?tname=2993&url=2993/index.htm

CHAT ETIQUETTE: THE DO'S AND DON'TS OF ON-LINE CONVERSATION - http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Breakers/5257/Chatet.htm

E-Mail Etiquette - http://www.iwillfollow.com/email.htm

Lepak's Guide to Email Etiquette -  http://www.lepak.com/emailgenius.html - Check out Chapter 4 for etiquette concerns, but this is a nice all-round site for email questions.

National Center for Access Unlimited - http://www.empowermentzone.com/etiquet.txt - Ten Commandments of Etiquette for Communicating with People with Disabilities

The Art of Internet Dating  - http://www.art-of-internet-dating.com/ by David L. Jones

The Core Rules of Netiquette - http://www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html

Web Etiquette - http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/Etiquette

Before we get you too convinced that etiquette is safe, solemn and sedate - take a minute for:

Dear Emily Postnews - http://www.templetons.com/brad/emily.html - by Brad Templeton

If that leaves you wanting More...

Etiquette Hell  - HTTP://www.etiquettehell.com/  - created for the truly etiquette challenged, the purposely greedy, the ungrateful, and the uncivil members of society.

 

See Also:

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Business Etiquette	Other Opinions
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