The Do's and Don'ts of Cyberspace...According to YOU!
 

Please tell us what you think are important Do's and Don'ts when it comes to emails, instant messaging, chatroom talk, etc.

Have fun! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

If I do not respond after 2-3 emails/IMs. Then DO NOT keep trying. I am trying to tell you something.

DO NOT send me a chain letter. Do it more than once and you are going on the block list.

And on the subject of chain letters. DO NOT get my email from a chain letter and then email me. You do not have my address for a reason. I will forward your mail straight to the trash if this happens.

If you get an away message, when you IM me. DO NOT keep replying to the away message. In case you didn't know I can still see who is IMing me AND what they say.

DO NOT WRITE IN ALL CAPS. IT'S ANNOYING.

Do not send me that gd e-mail about blacks losing the right to vote in 2007. If you didn't know, we get the right to vote from the 14th amendment. Let it go.

Do not write a message asking for opinions and then get upset when people disagree with you! If you just wanted validation then you should have asked for it.

Do not expect people not to have a different opinion from you, and don't get mad when they express it.

DO NOT talk to people on IM who live ACROSS THE HALL down the hall next door in the SAME room as you!

DO NOT use the TALK feature on AIM becaues its slow and stupid... pick up the daym fone! if its long distance use fonefree or somethin like that.

DO NOT leave up an away message that says you are in the shower for 13 hours, nobody is THAT DIRTY!

DO NOT forget to uncheck the auto signon and save password features when using other peoples computer... they will impersonate you and they are nosey no matter how much you trust them

DO NOT write in 12pt fonts our focus is already goin in and out from staring at a screen for so long?

DO NOT write in 24pt fonts it makes it so only one word comes out on each line and its frustrating?

DO NOT warn people for no reason

DO NOT allow the computer to become a substitute for human interaction

DO NOT get into arguments with people over the net... do you know how many different ways you can say the exact same words and they have differnt meanings?

DO NOT let other people use your name, its a free service let em get their own

DO NOT type anything on the computer that you wouldnt want the world to see... cuz believe me someone will see it

DO NOT go into a chat room and say it sux... just leave

DO NOT have a screen name like TyGhT_AZZ_PADUSI or MOKOOCHIEFORYOU and expect anybody to respect you.

DO NOT go away for ten days and leave your AIM on its just stupid...

DO NOT use thoes nasty little icons like "eat out" or the one with the growing penis shooting of the girls head you will get warned because it is offensive

DO NOT write ten sentances before pushing enter that cause the other person to have to scroll to see what the heck ur talkin about

DO NOT think you know someone just because you've talked to them on the internet for any length of time

DO NOT think that when you and a girl/boy talk about your feelings for one another on aim the they dont utilize the "SAVE IM" feature and email the conversation to thier friends.




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Kellogs @}~~`~~,~~

I knew some of you had some that you would want to share. I'm glad I started this thread.

KnowledgeEternal-LMAO!

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Kell1gs-I "see" ya on that LAST ONE. I don't think one has to wait and "save" the IM, but can easily "cut and paste" the convo, right there on the spot. Why waste time? LMAO http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

I wonder if Chandra Levy and Rep. Condit had any IM? If so, she sure should have saved them. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif Can we say EVIDENCE boys and girls? http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif

Technology, ya gotta love it! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

girly you know i got a whole folder full of "evidence" on my computer, it makes it easier to catch people in a lie when you can just pull up a dated message with the timestamps on it and everything... when will people ever learn...

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Kellogs @}~~`~~,~~

[This message has been edited by kell1gs (edited August 07, 2001).]

DO NOT ignore babeebblz on instant messenger, please
because thats me http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif and im nice http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

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Kellogs @}~~`~~,~~

DO NOT write in all caps, it hurts my eyes and makes the message ten times harder to read.

DO NOT send me forwards saying that a little girl needs surgery or that I'll get $100 for everyone that I forward it to, etc.
(By the way, my friend told me that there's no such thing as an email tracker, so that's all fake)

DO NOT instant message me if you don't know me
(my mommy said not to talk to strangers)

DO NOT email me if you do not know me

DO NOT think that just because it's email, im, or message board, then all rules of spelling and grammar are not applicable

DO NOT overdose on the smilies (they're cute but everything in moderation)

DO NOT have personal cyber arguments in public forums (handle that privately, we don't all need to know that)

DO send email just to check up or keep in touch

DO NOT tell me something via email when you know that you need to do that in person http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/mad.gif

DO NOT send me porn http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif

DO send me something that will make me laugh when you know I need a pick me up

Good topic!!

Do not send me chain letters for good luck. I am going to send it back to you with an ARE YOU CRAZY? note attached to it. You should know me better than that.

Do not send me chain letters about some urban legend or internet lie claiming that I will be sent a check if I forward it -- IF SOMETHING IS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT IS!!

Do not IM me when you do not know me.

Do not IM me when you are local and can pick up the phone and call me. Besides most likely I am logged on to GC http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif and I don't have time to IM you back.

If you are a long-distance friend and you IM me and I don't respond please don't be offended. My children may be on and they have been taught not to talk to strangers!!

ttt
It's been almost 2 years since the last post. :eek:

What happened to Knowledge Eternal and Kell1gs?:confused:

DO NOT send me a PM out of the blue asking me some random question about "the journey." DON'T think that just because we may both be sisterfriends that I am going to share some information with you! I DON'T KNOW YOU!

DO NOT think that just because you are on the internet that you have to privilege to IGNORE all spelling and grammar rules! :mad: NO, the point is NOT to type fast and to the point. If your spelling is off and your grammar is equivalent to that of a second grader's, how the hayle do you expect us to know what you are talking about? :mad:

DO NOT ask for opinions/comments/advice from a SPECIFIC group of people and then reject their opinions/comments/advice!

DO NOT CLAIM to have read the P.O.W. or rules of any chatroom, forum, etc., but BLATANTLY violate the rules REPEATEDLY!

DO NOT try to use "loopholes" in said rules as a way of justifying you asking/posting a stupid azz question or comment. People shouldn't have to list every single do and don't. From what is given, you should be able to adequately deduce all other things that may be deemed (in)appropriate.

DO know that the internet is not completely anonymous. You may be big and bad behind your computer screen, but through tiny clues and a few clicks of the mouse, people can figure out who you are.

Do pick up the phone to call me or drop by for a visit rather than solely communiticating with me through IM.

Don't send me 15 "Jesus" emails a day. I mean, I love Jesus and prayer as much as the next Christian, but it's gotten out of control.

This sounds like my ______. :)

DO NOT type posts that are so incoherent that I wonder if English is NOT your first language. :eek: Everyone makes an error or 2 but when your posts make me feel as if I need to turn my head sideways to read your posts, you have English challenges.

EXACTLY!

DON'T send me any e-mails that require me to send it to 100 other people just to prove I love Jesus! NO, I am not going to go to Hell if I don't. NO, Jesus does not read e-mail nor keep track of stuff like that, so DON'T try to guilt me.

DON'T send me a million forwards but can't take the time to write a short e-mail asking how I am doing. If, that's all our friendship is about, take me off of your address list.

Guuuuuuuurl don't you know that since they have been planning my reunion, folks who I have not talked to/seen/breathed on since June 10, 1993 have been e-mailing me. This one girl in one week sent me 7011 forwards. It was really like 18 but all of them were old and stuff I had seen 100 times over. No notes asking how I had been doing for 9 1/2 years or nothing. So what did I do? LMAO @ me. I went to the motivational thread in DST and sent her the first 50 motivational posts ONE by damn ONE. I cannot wait to see her this Friday. She should be good and motivated. :D



ETA: STOP FORWARDING ME ISHT With 8000000000 headers and previous recipients. IF you do not know how to cut and paste it out, do not forward it to you. I once got a forward of like 100K and the only thing I had to read was "PRAISE JESUS" or "YOU ARE MY FRIEND" or some isht like that. I was like you sorry azzzzzzzz mofo. :mad: