Required reading for newbies (and some oldbies too)

[Zyada]

http://www.webreference.com/roadmap/map07.html

Has some pretty good tips, eh?

[Kiki]

I especially like #1 and #2 under Do’s and Dont’s! (Even though I’ve been guilty of #1 a time or two.

[monster]

(10) DON’T send a message that says nothing but “Me, too.” This is most annoying when combined with (1) or (2) above. Ditto for “I don’t know.”
This is why I only have 200 posts in 6 months!

[silent_rob]

Yes, some very good tips, indeed. I especially like the examples:

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You said the guitar solo on “Comfortably Numb” from Pink Floyd’s The Wall was lame? Are you OUT OF YOUR MIND???!!!**

This sentence just makes me smile. I totally agree with its sentiments, but I was not expecting it.

[lolagranola]

A word to people living in the United States: the net is international. If you tell a Belgian she’s being un-American, SHE ISN’T OFFENDED. OF COURSE she’s un-American; you’re un-Belgian. She doesn’t care about being lectured on the First Amendment and American values. She doesn’t HAVE a First Amendment, and she thinks Belgian values are BETTER. We Americans have made fools of ourselves by forgetting this everywhere else. Let’s try to behave a little better on the net.

This is my favourite. I haven’t had it happen here, but it’s happened to me SO many other times on other message boards.

My online pet peeve is Americans who assume that everyone who can read and write in English is American, or at least has a deep longing to be one. I even had a long, drawn out fight with someone who told me in no uncertain terms that everyone in the entire world wanted to be an American. Near the end of the fight, I finally managed to convince him that I didn’t want to be one. He then changed his view to reflect that any sane person would want to be an American.

[uberDave]

Thanks much for the link. I’m guilty, guilty, guilty as charged.

[Vestal_Blue]

Yep. When in Rome, shoot roman candles.