DRI-ANNA'S TAKE ON NETIQUETTE

 

  1. Make sure you have your spell and grammar checker activated in your email client to run when you click on the “Send Button”.  Doing this will make it easier:
    1. For the recipient/recipients of the message to read and,
    2.  More importantly, understand what you are implying.
  1. After you write a message, check it over carefully.  Look at its’ content in such a way as if this message was written by someone else and was going to be posted on a List, Forum or to YOU privately.  While I realize that we usually do not intend to hurt someone covertly with the content of a message, it is not difficult to cause that hurt covertly just by our choice of a word or phrase. For Dang’ sure, a covert message attacking some one on a Public List or Forum is a NO – NO!  In the event you have an issue with a person on a List, or Forum, send a private email.  Do keep in mind though, that you can make your point, regarding the issue, in a tactful way that leaves the window open for reconciliation on the part of both folks involved.  Sending a blistering message that is all, “Flame”, will certainly destroy any chance of the issue being resolved.  IAW: Compose your message in such a way, as you would like it, if someone were sending it to you.
  2. Most lists, this one included, are quite lenient when it comes to Off Topic messages.  However, this can be abused quite easily. Most important is that in the Subject Box, OT – should precede the subject.  And, consider the topic before you send it.  Is this Off Topic subject really of interest to the List or Forum? Or, is it just for one individual. If so, it should be sent to that person via a private email.  Is this Off Topic subject one of content that will provide important information to the List within the Rules of the List?
  3. Here is an absolute NO – NO that I committed at a Forum without first getting permission from the Forum Owner. This occurred while I was still the Editor and Publisher of the VioletReflections Newsletter.  Two of our VR members were monthly contributors to the VR Newsletter and were also members of that forum.  I, incorrectly felt that the members of that forum would like to know that two of their own were being published in and AV Newsletter.  Thus, I indicated who they were, what AV Newsletter it was and provided the URL so the Forum members could access the Newsletter.  Well, to say that I ended up in deep Do’-Do’ is to put it mildly.  I did not seek permission first from the Forum Owner and with my post was, according to the powers to be, promoting another AV List. I was informed that I was attempting to recruit members of the forum to join the VR List.  Well, I am no longer a member of that Forum. By mutual agreement with the Forum Owner, I unsubscribed. 
  4. Last but least.  The List or Forum Owner has the last say in all manners.  Why?  Very simply the Forum or List belongs to them.
  5. One more thought.  Often the rules for a List or Forum may be vague on what you can do or cannot do. If you are unsure about something, contact the List/Forum Owner first.  This will at the very least eliminate the chance of getting cross-ways with the Owner and may prevent hurting a member or even yourself.

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