Proper Netiquette and You

Dangerous

Netiquette (short for "network etiquette" or "Internet etiquette") is a set of social conventions that facilitate interaction over networks, ranging from Usenet and mailing lists to blogs and forums. However, like many Internet phenomena, the concept and its application remain in a state of flux, and vary from community to community. The points most strongly emphasized about USENET netiquette often include using simple electronic signatures, and avoiding multiposting, cross-posting, off-topic posting, hijacking a discussion thread, and other techniques used to minimize the effort required to read a post or a thread.

Let's examine the core rules of "netiquette", shall we?

Rule 1: Remember the Human

Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online that you follow in real life

Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace

Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth

Rule 5: Make yourself look good online

Rule 6: Share expert knowledge

Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control

Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy

Rule 9: Don't abuse your power

Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes



When browsing the "web" let's all try to remember that we are talking to people and not computers. Always remember to be courteous and practice proper "netiquette" when sending "e-mails" or posting in "chat rooms". Following these simple rules can help avoid misunderstandings like this:

Stale

fuck off

Mr Fuzzbutt

Don't worry Dangerous, I am sure Stale is just "flaming" you. One of our lovely moderators will "ban" him soon enough.

Dangerous

Stale wrote: »

fuck off

Ow, my cyber feelings!

POKÉMON MASTER WT SHERMAN

Usually, if you feel that cursing in some form is required, it's preferable to use amusing euphemisms like "effing" and "sugar." You may also use the classic asterisk filler -- for example, s***. The archness is somehow appropriate to the net, and you avoid offending anyone needlessly.

POKÉMON MASTER WT SHERMAN

i need everybody to get in here and f*** me in the a**

Hunter

That's a bunch of fucking bullshit.

Mysst

I don't see where it says if I'm supposed to post those naked pictures of your mom or not

so up they go, I guess

Poorochondriac

Netiquette is for Netiqueers

Zen Vulgarity

Is it time for me to get my cyberbullying on

Hunter

Wait, it's bad to cyberstalk people via their facebook pages and send them gifts like wads of my hair and jars full of urine?

Poorochondriac

Hunter wrote: »

Wait, it's bad to cyberstalk people via their facebook pages and send them gifts like wads of my hair and jars full of urine?

Only if they're Buddhists and it's Passover

Hunter

How about a photograph of them with the eyes cut out and a bunch of crusty tissues full of DNA?

Zen Vulgarity

Cyberbullying today was just talking

Gotta toughen these kids up

Yeah son he called you a jew monkey faggot but that just means he's an idiot. Just own him and mute him.

godmode

Man, this thread got harsh in a hurry.

Zen Vulgarity

I gotta say

jew monkey faggot was probably one of the most common grouping of slurs I was called on a regular basis playing online

Oden

my xbox came with a microphone and I only ever used it once, to tell someone to fist their asshole

now all the voices are muted

Goatmon

Oh, people are going to come in here thinking this is a serious thread, aren't they?

Dangit, Stale.

L|ama

heres my netiquette *holds u down, farts in face*

Macro9

L|ama wrote: »

heres my netiquette *holds u down, farts in face*

godmode

Gaddamn. He's almost got his whole head in there.

Hunter

Dog on the far right has a total rap face.

tynic

dog on right is in the queue.

Air

people who talk about netiquette would be satisfying victims of a keyboard beating

Beasteh

get swole

Hunter

Air wrote: »

people who talk about netiquette would be satisfying victims of a keyboard beating

You hit him with the keyboard, and I'll garrote him with the mouse cord.

stimtokolos

I feel like my keyboard would really hurt if I hit someone with it. More than the average keyboard, it is weight and feels sturdy.

Macro9

Hunter wrote: »

Dog on the far right has a total rap face.

Beasteh wrote: »

get swole

Seriously

this should be stickied

Air

stimtokolos wrote: »

I feel like my keyboard would really hurt if I hit someone with it. More than the average keyboard, it is weight and feels sturdy.

dont confuse the effort it would take you to swing it with the amount of hurting you could do with it

you got skinny arms

MKR

This whole list is terribly offensive to jerks.

Zen Vulgarity

This thread should be about the most creative slurs and other things you've been called online

And I swear if I was a foreigner who didn't speak a word of English I would think the n-word was the equivalent to saying hello

TankHammer

I'm going to teach my offspring proper netiquette by instilling them with a smug sense of superiority over their peers.

I may also register them preemptively on all major internet forums when they're born so they can use their regdate to lord over everyone else.

godmode

"Dumbass Shitstain McFuckface the Third"

MKR

Zen Vulgarity wrote: »

This thread should be about the most creative slurs and other things you've been called online

And I swear if I was a foreigner who didn't speak a word of English I would think the n-word was the equivalent to saying hello

Everything about your forum profile is perfect for this thread.

Zen Vulgarity

MKR wrote: »

Zen Vulgarity wrote: »

This thread should be about the most creative slurs and other things you've been called online

And I swear if I was a foreigner who didn't speak a word of English I would think the n-word was the equivalent to saying hello

Everything about your forum profile is perfect for this thread.

Thanks

Someone said they wanted me to reincarnate into an ant so that they can crush me under their heel in another life

Mexican Lizard Fucker was pretty great

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7xH72dFySg

This was recited by memory to me after a match

Someone said "Zen I want you to sit on your monk pole and rotate" which made me giggle

#pipe

YOU ARE THE ONES WHO ARE THE BALL LICKERS

lostwords

People should be nicer yes

TankHammer

I like taking a fatherly tone with the slur-spewing teenagers on XBox Live. I call them "young man" and ask what their mother would think to hear them talk like that. This has two desired effects, it either sets them back a bit and makes them shut up (or laugh and shut up) or it gets them SUPER ANGRY which is just as good.

I always remain polite.

I'm not mad at you son, just disappointed.

godmode

TankHammer wrote: »

I'm not mad at you son, just disappointed.

This is the best possible tactic to use against raging teens. I wish I'd thought of that!

Blake T

The first rule about nettiquite is that no one can talk about nettiquite.

The second rule is everybody is gay and they are all welcome and to be respected.