Participate 3.1.2 Digital Resources and Netiquette Quest

Good digital citizenship includes the use of netiquette. Netiquette is digital etiquette, a basic set of online rules that govern how digital citizens should communicate and interact in the online setting. Since facial expressions, tone, and body language cannot be seen through the Internet, people must follow digital etiquette. The website below goes into very detailed rules for the use of digital resources and interaction.

Core Rules of Netiquette

1. The Golden Rule: do unto others as you would have them do unto you. In other words, treat others the way you want to be treated.

2. Adhere to the same standards online as you do in real life.

3. Know where you are in cyberspace. Look around and get a feel for how others interact in that setting before you post.

4. Respect other people's time and bandwidth.  Be mindful of how much you expect others to download.

5. Make yourself look good. If you don't, who will?

6. Share expert knowledge, but don't overstep your boundaries. You are omnipotent, so don't pretend to be.

7. Help keep flame wars under control. When people post strong opinions without withholding any emotion, flame wars can begin. Netiquette does not forbid these wars; however, it does forbid perpetuating the war.

8. Respect other people's privacy. Always. This website has created an acronym called REPs that stands for Respect, Educate, and Protect. The R in the acronym reminds digital citizens to respect themselves and others on the Internet.

9. Don't abuse your power. This goes hand-in-hand with #8. Just because you have the ability to hack into someone else's account does not mean you should.

10. Be forgiving of other people's mistakes. No one is perfect. Even YOU.

In conclusion, check out this video I found of Randi Zuckerberg, sister of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, discussing netiquette.