TOP 10 RULES (continued)
SUMMARY: Here’s a screaming recap of the top 10 rules:
1. USE APPROPRIATE PROFESSIONAL LANGUAGE
2. USE PROPER GRAMMAR AND SPELLING
3. BE HONEST AND TRUTHFUL
4. RESPECT COPYRIGHTS
5. USE APPROPRIATE SIGNATURE LINES
6. RESPOND TO SPECIFIC REQUESTS IN A TIMELY FASHION
7. do not type in all caps
8. AVOID FLAMING
9. AVOID MULTIPOSTING, CROSSPOSTING, OFF-TOPIC POSTING, AND HIJACKING A DISCUSSION THREAD
10. DO NOT FORWARD INAPPROPRIATE JOKES, ANY CHAIN LETTERS, ETC.
OTHER RULES: Have you had enough rules yet? No one likes to be Mirandized with all of these rules, but it couldn’t be helped. I needed filler for my blogs.
Guess what? I’m almost done, but you’re just beginning. This generic top 10 for academicians is a starter list. Your institution may have additional guidelines for Intranet and Internet communications. Further, if you teach or are a student in online courses, a separate set of rules may be required for all virtual classroom communication (for examples, Google “Stefany Smith or Sheila Chase, netiquette”). Check out these other rules. At least you have a Netiquette foundation on which to build, unless you skipped some of the blogs.
EPILOGUE: Please consider the importance of these rules and how they can affect what you say online and, especially, HOW you say it. After you write anything, review it and be sensitive to the consequences of its reading before you hit “send” or “post.” Your professional reputation and credibility and career trajectory will depend on it.
As Phil Esterhaus of Hill St. Blues used to say, “Hey, let’s be careful out there!”
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