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Netiquette - Social Conventions

for the E-Mail, Forums, and Guestbooks on our websites. Like so many other things, network users tend to expend a great deal of virtual gunpowder about the subject of etiquette on the Internet (otherwise known as netiquette). Part of the culture of the network is built on the fact that an individual user can put forward any face he or she cares to present. Thus over time, the network has evolved various sets of rules that attempt to govern conduct. To avoid taking up a great deal of space arguing the merits of differing systems of netiquette, the following general pointers that should be accepted by most users are offered for the convenience of the list owner.