Marlon Jackson's List: Online Etiquette

• Politics, classic etiquette tells us, is a subject best avoided when friends come to dinner. It may be time to amend that advice to include Facebook.
• The Pew Research Center found that nearly 1 in 5 social networkers has blocked, hidden or unfriended someone over political material that was too frequent or too disagreeable.
• John Suler, a psychology professor at Rider University in New Jersey, observes in an article for CyberPsychology & Behavior that people feel emboldened by the lack of real-time response and the sense that the things they do online are less serious than actions in the real world. We get on the Web, and "out spills rude language and harsh criticisms, anger, hatred, even threats," Suler writes.
• • How to practice online etiquette
• "Sharing what you like is generally better than sharing what you don't," says Anna Post, a scion of etiquette legend Emily Post. Also, now that many people can count everyone from close friends to crazy uncles to far-flung professional contacts among their Facebook friends, it's important to keep the whole audience in mind, says consultant Jacqueline Whitmore. The original rule about politics and conversation, after all, was about having consideration for others' feelings.

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• • Definition on netiquette
• is a set of social conventions that facilitate interaction over networks
• • do not spam
• • AVOID USING ALL CAPS
• avoiding flamewars and spam are constant across most mediums and communities.
• Another rule is to avoid typing in ALL CAPS or grossly enlarging script for emphasis, which is considered to be the equivalent of shouting or yelling.

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• • definition of netiquette
• • Great information about thinking before you post
• • check the spelling and grammar

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• • why netiquette is important