Week 1: Clear

Photo by Sarcasmo. http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarcasmo/21719467/lightbox/

The concept from this week that was made clear to me was netiquette or internet etiquette. Netiquette is a list of rules and practices a person should use when they are online. Basically, the rules maintain that people should interact on the internet the same way they would interact with that person in the real life. For example, writing something in all capital letters is considered shouting online and should not be considered. Netiquette is comprised of twenty five rules that you should abide by when you are attempting to communicate online. One rule of netiquette is every time you post something whether it’s on Facebook or twitter that it is something of significance. Most important thing to take from netiquette is to really think before posting. If you are angry about something or are angry at someone do not go online and tempt yourself to do something that you would regret.

Knowing the proper way to communicate online is of great importance in the business environment. Whatever someone posts online cannot be undone, you can apologize, but once you post the original comment it cannot be undone. Recently, some employers have been known to check in on their employees Facebook page to see if the person they interviewed is authentic. When you’re online you don’t just represent yourself, you also represent the company you work and depending on your behavior could force potential customers to use another company just because of something you said online.

I found a similar article to the Facebook page that was used in the lesson. This website shorten the list of rules from twenty five to just ten basic rules, with a link for each rule and reasons why the rule is the way that it is. It also claims that netiquette is the social code of the internet. Takes the golden rule on life and reinforces in online, “Due unto others as you would have done to you.” It also mentions cyber words which are internet related words that are combined to form one particular meaning.http://www.networketiquette.net/

I found a great photogragh on flickr, that emphasizes that people should stop and think. My use of this is for people to stop and think before writing something online

           

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This is the avatar I created. To create my avatar, I used doppelme and was struck with how easy and user friendly the creation tools were.

Even though I have lived in Florida my whole life, my favorite time of year is the winter.

Due to the fact that it is the winter, I chose the grey ski jacket and jeans setup with a baseball cap and shoes.

The eyes are the only thing that didn't turn out the way I intended, I was trying to make them blue eyes.

I chose this facial expression due to my astonishment at how cold the weather is.

The simplicity of the creation tools is the best part of the experience, especially because I'm pretty bad complex creative things.