Netiquette

Netiquette is a mixture of the words network and etiquette and basically means the proper way to behave online. Even if you've never heard the word Netiquette in your life it affects you almost everyday because almost everyday you go online to look something up or to update your status. Netiquette affects all Internet users. When somebody goes online and sees a post that says something he or she disagrees with and responds with a negative comment the user breaks Netiquette rule number 7, keep flame wars under control and hence shows bad Netiquette. Another example of poor Netiquette is seeing a friend's account still open and looking through his private conversations. This is an exact example of breaking rule number 8, respect people's privacy. On top of showing poor Netiquette a regular Internet user can show good and proper Netiquette by sharing their knowledge, respecting other people's time, and remembering that they may only see a computer screen while they are talking to someone online but behind that screen there is a person.