NETIQUETTE

1. Remember the human.

1.1. The golden rule your parents and your kindergarten teacher taught you was pretty simple: Do unto others as you'd have others do unto .

2. Adhere to the same standards of behaviour online that your follow in real life.

2.1. In real life, most people are fairly law-abiding, either by disposition or because we're afraid of getting caught. In cyberspace, the

3. Make yourself look good online.

3.1. Take advantage of your anonymity I don't want to give the impression that the net is a cold, cruel place full of people who just care for their own image.

4. Help keep flame wars under control.

4.1. "Flaming" is what people do when they express a strongly held opinion without holding back any emotion.

5. Don’t abuse your power.

5.1. Some people in cyberspace have more power than others. There are wizards in MUDs (multi-user dungeons), experts in every office, and system that we don't know.

6. Know where you are in cyberspace.

6.1. Netiquette varies from domain to domain What's perfectly acceptable in one area may be dreadfully rude in another.

7. Respect other people’s time and bandwidth.

7.1. It's a cliché that people today seem to have less time than ever before, even though (or perhaps because) we sleep less and have more.

8. Share expert knowledge.

8.1. Finally, after all that negativity, some positive advice. The strength of cyberspace is in its numbers.

9. Respect other people’s privacy.

9.1. Of course, you'd never dream of going through your colleagues' desk drawers. So naturally you wouldn't read their email

10. Be forgiving of other people’s mistakes.

10.1. Everyone was a network newbie once. And not everyone has had the benefit of reading this book. So when someone makes a mistake -- whether or not you should forgoive.