Angelica F.

Naldoza Empowerment
G12ABM-Anthurium Mr. Edgar Allan C. De Guia

NETIQUETTE
o Rule 1:Human
o Never forget that the person reading your mail or posting is, indeed, a person, with
feelings that can be hurt.
o Corollary 1 to Rule #1: It's not nice to hurt other people's feelings.
o Corollary 2: Never mail or post anything you wouldn't say to your reader's face.
o Corollary 3: Notify your readers when flaming.

o Rule 2. Adhere to the same standards of behavior online that you follow in real life.
o Corollary 1: Be ethical.
o Corollary 2: Breaking the law is bad Netiquette.

o Rule 3. Know where you are in cyberspace.

o Corollary 1: Netiquette varies from domain to domain.
o Corollary 2: Lurk before you leap.

o Rule 4. Respect other people's time and bandwidth.

o Corollary 1: It's OK to think that what you're doing at the moment is the most important
thing in the universe, but don't expect anyone else to agree with you.
o Corollary 2: Post messages to the appropriate discussion group.
o Corollary 3: Try not to ask stupid questions on discussion groups.
o Corollary 4: Read the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) document.
o Corollary 5: When appropriate, use private email instead of posting to the group.
o Corollary 6: Don't post subscribe, unsubscribe, or FAQ requests.
o Corollary 7: Don't waste expert readers' time by posting basic information.
o Corollary 8: If you disagree with the premise of a particular discussion group, don't waste
the time and bandwidth of the members by telling them how stupid they are. Just stay
away.
o Corollary 9: Conserve bandwidth when you retrieve information from a host or server.

o Rule 5. Make yourself look good online.

o Corollary 1: Check grammar and spelling before you post.
o Corollary 2: Know what you're talking about and make sense.
o Corollary 3: Don't post flame-bait.

o Rule 6. Share expert knowledge.

o Corollary 1: Offer answers and help to people who ask questions on discussion groups.
o Corollary 2: If you've received email answers to a posted question, summarize them and
post the summary to the discussion group.

o Rule 7. Help keep flame wars under control.

o Corollary 1: Don't respond to flame-bait.
o Corollary 2: Don't post spelling or grammar flames.
o Corollary 3: If you've posted flame-bait or perpetuated a flame war, apologize.

o Rule 8. Respect other people's privacy.

Don't read other people's private email.

o Rule 9. Don't abuse your power.

The more power you have, the more important it is that you use it well.

o Rule 10. Be forgiving of other people's mistakes.

You were a network newbie once too!

o Rule 11.NEVER CAPITALIZED

Angelica F. Naldoza Empowerment
G12ABM-Anthurium Mr. Edgar Allan C. De Guia

When typing never write in all capital letters. That is shouting. People don’t like it when
you shout at them in person. And they sure don’t like when you shout at them on the net!

o Rule 12.Don’t plagiarize.

Someone spent a long time coming up with their content. When you borrow something
from someone, give them the credit. Site their name or their site. Give the site when you
have gotten your information.

o Rule 13.Don’t gossip and keep personal information personal.

Don’t tell stories that you don’t know for a fact to be true. And often, just because it’s
true, doesn’t mean that it needs to be repeated.
o Rule 14.Use proper quotes and always use the whole quote. Don’t take quotes out of
context and don’t be selective about which part of the quote you want to use.
o Rule 15.Don’t steal those photographs off the web even if they are a perfect fit for what
you need. Chances are they are copyrighted and someone spent a long time putting that
together. Get permission and give credit where credit is due.
o Rule 16. Watch your language. No potty mouths.
o Rule 17. Be patient with internet newbies. Know that they are just learning like you did
once upon a time.
o Rule 18. No spamming. Remember that spam is unwanted electronic messages or sending
the same electronic message over and over. This can get you in a lot of trouble on some
sites and as a general rule it just irritates everyone else.
o Rule 19. If you are using a header (such as in an email) make sure your content really
pertains to the header. You must admit it would really stink if the header said something
about football, for example, and the email was really about your newest and greatest
business idea. Just stay on topic and the problem is solved.
o Rule 20. Avoid overuse of emoticons. You know... those cute little smiley faces. They
really lose their cuteness when overused and tend to irritate people.
Netiquette Basics
At every layer of the protocols, there is a general rule whose application can lead to enormous
benefits in robustness and interoperability: "Be liberal in what you accept, and conservative in
what you send".
The four basic rules of netiquette are summarized below:
o Help the Newbies
With few written guides for ordinary people, the Net has grown in large part one person
at a time -- if somebody helps you learn your way around, it's almost expected you'll
repay the favor some day by helping somebody else.
- Adam Gaffin, Big Dummy's Guide To The Internet, 1993.
o Research Before Asking
People on the Internet often get far more email than they can deal with. As a common courtesy to
do your part to minimize this email, you should always check the Frequently Asked Questions
files, search the Internet, and search the newsgroups for the answer to a question before sending
email to a human being. If it turns out that the question was easily obtainable in an obvious place,
you may annoy the other person and embarrass yourself.
o Remember Emotion
Don't use capitals unnecessarily in email -- it designates shouting, and is considered rude.
o People Aren't Organizations
Many people send email from their work email accounts because that is the only email account
they have. Never assume that a person is speaking for the organization that they work for.
To ensure that people can make this distinction, some folks put a sentence in the signature of their
email at work that says something like the following:
"All opinions are personal expressions of the author alone".
Netiquette Basics
1. Help the newbies
2. Research before asking
Angelica F. Naldoza Empowerment
G12ABM-Anthurium Mr. Edgar Allan C. De Guia

3. Remember emotion
4. People aren't organizations
Netiquette Of Sending:
5. Be brief
6. Use white space
7. Use descriptive subject lines
8. Stay on-topic
9. Be careful sending attachments
10. Copy the minimum number of people
11. Include your email address
12. Respect non-commercial spaces
13. Avoid flaming
Netiquette Of Replying
14. Replying and forwarding
15. Summarize for the group
16. Check current information before replying
17. Reference past communications
18. Acknowledge important communications
Netiquette Of Confidentiality
19. Don't publicize other's email addresses
20. Never send what you don't read
21. Remember archiving
22. Respect copyright