Denver Staffing Agency – Denver Job Seekers Need More Netiquette
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Part 4 of 4: The Internet has its own culture, Netiquette. Netiquette is the etiquette governing communication on the Internet. Netiquette is a cyber-word with real world implications. Netiquette, or net etiquette, is the social code of the Internet because the Internet is a network and etiquette is a social code. The Golden Rule of Netiquette is to do unto others on the Internet as you would have done to you. Good Netiquette involves respecting others' privacy and not doing anything online that will annoy or frustrate other people.
Three Areas Where Good Netiquette is Needed
- online chat, and
- newsgroups
net•i•quette noun \?ne-ti-k?t, -?ket\ - According to Merriam Webster Dictionary
- Definition of NETIQUETTE: Etiquette governing communication on the Internet
- Examples of NETIQUETTE: Writing an email message in all capital letters is considered a breach of netiquette because it looks like you are shouting
- Origin of NETIQUETTE: Blend of "net" and "etiquette"
- First Known Use: 1982
Sources: Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary and Network Netiquette







