TheInternethasopenedupawholenewonlineworldforustomeetchatandgowherewe’veneverbeenbefore.
Butjustasinfacetofacecommunicationtherearesomerulesofbehaviorthatshouldbefollowedwhenonline.71 Imaginehowyou’dfeelifyouwereintheotherperson’sshoes.
Foranythingyou’reabouttosend:askyourself“wouldIsaythistotheperson’sface?”Iftheanswerisnorewriteandreread.72
Ifsomeoneinthechatroomisrudetoyou.yourinstinctistofirebackinthesamemanner.Buttrynottodoso.73Ifitwascausedbyadisagreementwithanothermembertrytofixthesituationbypolitelydiscussingit.Remembertorespectthebeliefsandopinionsofothersinthechatroom..
74Offeradvicewhenaskedbynewcomers.Astheymaynotbesurewhattodoorhowtocommunicate.Whensomeonemakesamistakewhetherit’sastupidquestionoranunnecessarilylonganswerbekindaboutit.Ifit’sasmallmistakeyoumaynotneedtosayanything.Evenifyoufeelstronglyaboutit.thinktwicebeforesayinganything.Havinggoodmannersyourselfdoesn’tgiveyoulicensetocorrecteveryoneelse.75 Atthesametimeifyoufindyouwrong.besuretocorrectyourselfandapologizetothosethatyouhaveoffended.
Itisnotpolitetoaskotherspersonalquestionssuchastheiragesexandmaritalstatus.Unlessyouknowthepersonverywellandyouarebothcomfortablewithsharingpersonalinformation.don’tasksuchquestions.
A.It’snaturalthattheresomepeoplewhospeakrudelyormakemistakesonline.
B.Repeattheprocesstillyoufeelsurethatyou’dfeelcomfortablesayingthewordstotheperson’sface.
C.Everyonewasnewtothenetworkonce.
D.Thebasicruleissimple:treatothersinthesamewayyouwouldwanttobetreated.
E.Whenyousendshortmessagestoapersononlineyoumustsaysomethingbeautifultohear.
F.Youshouldeitherignoretheperson.oruseyourchatsoftwaretoblocktheirmessages.
G.Ifyoudodecidetotellsomeoneaboutamistake.pointitoutpolitely.