Know what you're talking about and make sense
Pay attention to the content of your writing. Be sure you know what
you're talking about -- when you see yourself writing "it's my understanding
that" or "I believe it's the case," ask yourself whether
you really want to post this note before checking your facts. Bad information
propagates like wildfire on the net. And once it's been through two or
three iterations, you get the same distortion effect as in the party game
"Operator": Whatever you originally said may be unrecognizable.
(Of course, you could take this as a reason not to worry about the accuracy
of your postings. But you're only responsible for what you post yourself,
not for what anyone else does with it.)
In addition, make sure your notes are clear and logical. It's perfectly
possible to write a paragraph that contains no errors in grammar or spelling,
but still makes no sense whatsoever. This is most likely to happen when
you're trying to impress someone by using a lot of long words that you
don't really understand yourself. Trust me -- no one worth impressing will
be impressed. It's better to keep it simple.
(Source: Rule 5-- The Core Rules of Netiquette)
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