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Net Etiquette 4: ALL CAPITAL LETTERS

Thu, 10/04/2008 - 16:02 -- James Oakley

Continuing a mini (cathartic?) series on internet etiquette:

Just so we’re clear, the convention on capitalisation is that capitalising a phrase / sentence / paragraph is intended to convey shouting. One of the downsides of e-mail, and forum posting, is that it is hard to convey emotion, a twinkle in the eye, a gentle tone of voice and so on. It is easy for people to misunderstand the nature of something you say.

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Net Etiquette 1: Click HERE

Mon, 07/04/2008 - 14:04 -- James Oakley

Websites / blogs / e-mails / forums are increasingly a part of modern life. One side-effect is information overload.

There are ways in which people can contribute to the net that help with this. There are ways that do not help. This is the first of a series of short posts that plead for considerate net use. I’m sure nobody is deliberately obstructive in any of the ways I will outline. In which case, people need to point out what consitutes good etiquette and why – otherwise considerate people will continue making cyberspace more difficult to navigate – without realising it.

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