“It promotes positive online interactions and helps maintain a respectful and safe digital environment,” she explains.
If not, don’t post it.
This is especially important if the other person is your date, partner, or child.
Ignorning the person you are with to look at your phone is bad netiquette.Lucy Lambriex / Getty Images
Constantly checking your email, voicemail, or Facebooksends the message that you don’t care about them.
Whatever is happening in the online world can generally wait.
This also includes social media sites, forums, chat rooms, and email messages.
Think it can’t be traced back to you?
Your online activities leave a digital footprint that can be difficult to erase.
Being cautious about what you share helps maintain control over your digital presence.
What you put online is permanent and can be used against you.
Text in all caps is generally perceived as yelling, for instance.
Either use the shift key for capital letters or write in all lower casebut don’t use caps lock.
Don’t forget to say yo and thank you as appropriate.
Video Meeting Netiquette
Why is etiquette so important in online meetings?
Using Internet etiquette during online meetings enables you to stay professional.
Share With Discretion
Lev also recommends using caution regarding what you share about yourself online.
What you share online can have long-lasting effects on how others perceive you," Lev explains.
Even if you make a run at remove these posts later, it might be too late.
If the answer is yes, don’t post or send it.
The same guideline applies when having phone conversations in public places.
Any time you are talking out loud, others can overhear you.
This provides them access to your private information, so don’t overshare.
Be discreet with any information that can be used as answers to security questions on your private accounts.
While these effects can affect anyone, some research suggest that they tend to impact women with greater frequency.
If you have an in-joke to share, send it in a private message.
Good netiquette involves getting their permission first to ensure that they’re okay with it.
Choose Friends Wisely
It can be insulting to be dropped from someone’s social media friend list.
So, think before sending afriend requestor accepting an invitation.
Suggest that you connect on LinkedIn or another professional networking site to stay in touch.
It is perfectly acceptable to unfriend someone if the relationship is beyond repair.
Just don’t torture them (or yourself) with on-again-off-again connecting.
This includes copying and pasting texts or sending screenshots.
This helps protect the privacy of all the other email recipients.
Some people don’t want their names or email addresses publicized to those they don’t know.
And if you think that fake online information is more the exception than the rule, think again.
Research indicates that Facebook users alone engage with some form of misinformation around 70 million times each month.
Don’t Spam
The term “spam” applies to the receipt of any unwanted message.
In the online world, spamming can refer to an unwanted email, text, or social media message.
Avoid doing this to your contacts and it can help keep your relationships intact.
If you want to share information with your contacts, ask before sending it.
Taking this one step can keep you from being blocked.
If it is going to take longer, that’s okay.
Just tell them that so they know and aren’t waiting for your reply.
If you might’t keep your website up to date, take it down.
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