Netiquette
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My understanding of netiquette is the fact that you have to be respectful online of other
people. Everyone's got their own opinion, and you kind of have to realise that there are
going to be opposing views but you don't have to be crazy about it.
I think netiquette means the way you should behave online, the way you should
communicate with others online, and how to speak to each individual. For example,
sometimes you might be speaking to your friend and the others you might be speaking to a
professor in the university. So it's kind of different in each scenario.
In my opinion, it's like watching what you say online. Essentially, controlling yourself,
remembering that if it's put out there, then it's not something you can get rid of. It's not a
piece of paper in a sense when you can burn. It's there forever. So it's always smart, sort of
think before you act when you sort of write things down online.
I think netiquette is the rules and behaviour that's socially acceptable online. And you need
to try and think about these rules before you say something, or how you act online.
I think that netiquette is about how you should act online and being aware of what your
presence is like. For example, you should make sure that you speak in a way that people
understand rather than using some slang that some people might not pick up.
My understanding of netiquette, it's behaving in an acceptable way online. And it's
understanding that you have to behave differently in an online space to how you behave
face-to-face. It's just different methods of communication, different skills, and different
rules. Online, you have to get to the point. You have to be friendly and positive, because
when you're face-to-face, you can make jokes that are funny, but online could be
misconstrued.
An example of good netiquette is kind of on YouTube comments maybe not voicing your
opinion so meanly and being aware that someone's uploaded this video and it means a lot
to them so you shouldn't just insult it. A bad example of bad netiquette is when not
checking whom you're sending an email to. For example, I wanted to send an email to my
mate, but I actually sent it to my professor. And that was not really good, and it was quite
embarrassing for me to apologise to my lecturer about that incident. So I think you should
always check who you're sending your emails to.
I think an example of bad netiquette might possibly be using slang that some people might
not understand. Or it might not be professional in that area, such as if you used it on
LinkedIn or for your university work.
Yeah, bad netiquette. I was late for my lecture, but I needed to email my supervisor. So I
was writing the email on the way to Uni. I was walking down. It was quite important what I
needed to email him about as well. Then I went to see him in his office about two hours
later, and he didn't have a clue what I was saying. And I just wrote because, obviously,
there's spell check on your phone. So there's loads of random words in it. And he didn't get
what I was saying, and he was supposed to be prepared for that meeting by what I said. And
then it failed, and I couldn't go meet with him that time. Because he's a busy man, so.
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