John Clintsman's List: Online Etiquette

• • The Way bad social Etiquette will make you feel.
• The symptoms are universal: There's a sudden gasp for air and an involuntary utterance of "uh-oh," followed by an instant surge of heat rushing over the body, increased heart rate, dizziness, nausea and an overwhelming desire to dig a hole, crawl in that hole, put a large rock over the top, maybe decorate with some wallpaper and nice drapes and send out for sushi because you'll want to stay in that hole a very, very long time.

• • Business Like this pop up on the web. Are the Right? Is it going to far?

• • We say and do things online we wouldn't in life.
• The culprit was an old acquaintance I haven't spoken to in real life for years. I always thought of her as brilliant, practical and rather private — which is why the status worried me. Were all of my brilliant, practical and private friends — female and male — about to morph, one by one, into tedious child-obsessed ninnies?

• • Is it really Necessary to be Logged in all the time? My Dad ask this question to me every day.
• Every day at Wichita-area schools, students head to class with smartphones, Twitter accounts and countless opinions to share with the world.
• • Censorship
    Free Speech? Or an opportunity to pick a fight?
• Even so, Policinski said, schools seeking to restrict student expression in the name of safety must show that the speech in question is a “true threat” or that they can reasonably forecast substantial disruption.

2 more annotations...

• • Critical Thinking People who think the world owes them something often seem to be rude online.
• It’s difficult to quantify some increased need for instant gratification, or a sudden rise in feelings of self-importance.
• We’ve all hit the “send” button in an emotional fit, when that same message back in the day would have been torn up on the way to the post office

1 more annotation...