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Got Cyber Etiquette?

What is Cyber Etiquette?

(also called Internet Etiquette, iEtiquette, Netiquette, Technology Etiquette, Digital Etiquette, etc.)

Netiquette /net-i-ket/, Noun: 1. The social code of network communication. 2. The social and moral

code of the internet based on the human condition and Golden Rule of Netiquette. 3. A philosophy of

effective internet communication that utilizes common conventions and norms as a guide for

rules and standards.

www.networketiquette.net

What is Cyber Etiquette?

Manners applied to the Internet and the use of technology in everyday situations.

Two examples of breaches of technology etiquette are checking email messages in meetings or taking cell phone calls during

business lunches.

- computer.yourdictionary.com

Facebook basics

• Do not post private matters. Call rather than message extremely personal matters.

• When someone posts a question, respond if appropriate.

• Avoid posting comments on every post.• Be careful of your tone.• Don’t try to friend someone you don’t know.• Do not tag your friends in an unflattering photo.• Don’t overshare, personally or professionally.• No flaming.• Do NOT repost or re-tweet chains.

Oh Rick…

Unwritten Rules, Written

• STOP.WITH.THE.SELFIES.• The untag button is your friend.• Profile pic vs. cover pic shelf lives – who knew?• ONE status update per day and no bad statuses.• Don’t advertise “it’s complicated.”• Keep comments to a minimum.• Don’t comment unless you actually know him/her.• Don’t poke.• Don’t chat me if we don’t talk in real life.

http://totalfratmove.com/1099124

The oldest adage, revisited

If you don’t have anything nice that anyone else will give a shit about to say, don’t say anything

at all. And for heaven’s sake, don’t like your own status.

http://totalfratmove.com/1099124

Facebook Post Causes Woman To Attack Her Boyfriend With A Furby

Speaking of Photos

• People do not want to see:• Multiple PDA photos

• Tons of blurry vacation photos

• What you are eating/are about to eat/have eaten

• Inebriated people

• Shirtless people – men OR women

• Endless baby pictures

• Profile pictures of pets, cartoon characters, or anything that isn’t the person in the profile

• Duck face

Texting – familiar?

OMW IIRC CU B/F LTNS WB B4 FYEO PPL BRB

POS WTG BBL HRU SPST IMHO NOYB BFF TAFN OMG

B4N AFAIK M8 RL TTYL ADP GL IAC JK BC

UL BF KIT NMP BS D/L OTW TMI L8 WTH

OTL FWIW GTG STR8 AAP LOL GR8 B4 NBD GB

ATM TBD BBL OP MF RTFM CYA WK GF OIC

NM TTFN PLZ WTF BTW IDK BOL WTS IRL DIKU

AFK JKBNR

THX HAGS RSN ROTFL

CYA IRC OIC MYOB

Linguistic miracle?

• 22 million texts a day across the world• Texting – not a written language• Texting is “fingered speech.”• LOL now represents much more than Laugh Out

Loud• Julie: Just missed my flight. LOL!• Susie: LOL, oh no!!

• We don’t speak the way we write and vice versa:• It was so great to see you today -

John McWhorter – TED2013The linguistic miracle of texts

DYAC

Bad signs

• Digital Dirt (self-incrimination)

• Terrible Troll (annoying posts everywhere)

• Big Mouth (trashing the past)

• Copious Contacts and Comments (sketchy people and trashy posts)

• Positively Negative (I hate everything)

mindflash-Social Screening

Who’s Looking?

• 45% of employers use social media sites to screen applicants (one survey by Microsoft says 70%)• Facebook – 29%• LinkedIn – 26%• Twitter – 7%• Blogs – 11%

• facebook vs. twitter damage control

Mindflash.com-Social Screening, 2011

What are they finding?

• 35% negative• Provocative/inappropriate photos/content• Alcohol and drug use• Bad mouthing• Poor communication skills• Discriminatory comments• Lies about qualifications• Confidential information about previous

employers

Mindflash.com-Social Screening, 2011

Only 18% Positive

• Good feel for personality• Truth about qualifications• Creativity• Solid communication skills• Well-rounded• Good references from others• Awards and accolades

Mindflash.com-Social Screening, 2011

Can facebook get your fired?

Five employees fired from this:“Lydia Cruz, my coworker feels that we don’t help our clients enough at [work]. I about had it! My

fellow coworkers how do u feel?”

Hispanics United of Buffalo – 12.14.12:NLRB and administrative law judge concluded that “the employees’ Facebook comments amounted to concerted activity protected under Section 7 of the NLRA.”

-socialnetworkinglawblog.com

Nick Bilton – What did he say?

What really got people going…

“My father learned this lesson last year after leaving me a dozen voice mail messages, none of which I listened to. Exasperated, he called my sister to

complain that I never returned his calls. “Why are you leaving him voice mails?” my sister asked. “No one

listens to voice mail anymore. Just text him.”

My mother realized this long ago. Now we communicate mostly through Twitter.”

-Nick BiltonDisruptions: Digital Era Redefining Etiquette

Bashing Nick

• My heart breaks for this man's father. • SHAME SHAME ON YOU. • Get over yourself.• Maybe Mr Bilton ought to listen to the song, "Cats

in the Cradle."• [Your father] should have called your sister and

told her how rude and what a butt you are and that he was writing you out of the Will yes said writing not texting or emailing but writing.

On the other hand…

“As a 17-year-old, it’s kind of frustrating to read the comments here and find them all made by

condescending older folks who don’t seem to get the gist of this article. As a society, we

communicate a lot more than we used to (or, at least, the younger half of us do). We’re constantly

in touch with each other, via text, e-mail, Facebook, whatever. If we don’t use these tools

efficiently, they will consume huge portions of our time.”

-Jake Soiffer, Brooklyn

Academia

• “Oh, the irony. It seems particularly ironic that academics, who make a living talking and hoping someone is paying attention, no longer think it is important if they themselves pay attention.” (Essig, Chronicle, 2.27.13)• Writing Across the Curriculum - model• Policies and rules that are student driven.• Sexting…men vs. women• Help students understand the risks.

And just one more…

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