Why Do We Need "Netiquette"?
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What is "netiquette"?
- Etiquette (politeness) for the network
- Specifically refers to etiquette for "mailing lists" and (Usenet)
"newsgroups"
- Modern networks (SNS, LINE) will be homework
What is the need?
- Compare to postal mail and telephone
- "Targeted" (feels "personal") (more like telephone)
- Free mass distribution (unlike either)
- Not interactive (like postal mail)
- New tools can be awkward (block copy)
- It's easy to make mistakes, hard to correct them
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