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Msg#: 65 Rec'd Date: 03-16-94 04:18
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From: Bill Wynne @1:130/402*4 Read: Yes Replied: No
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To: Y'all @1:124/3114*4 Mark:
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Subj: additional guidelines
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Although not Rules, per se, the following guidelines are to be
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considered "desirable conduct" suggestions.
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Communication Etiquette in Modern Media
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Author *Unknown*
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When involved in communications, especially in computer echos,
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awareness of certain concepts make the activity more fun for
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everyone. Two main concepts stand out, primarily because people
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tend to REACT to negative messages with negative responses.
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1. Impersonal responses to personal attacks: Computer
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communications are almost always written. Due to the fact that
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words carry only limited information, the noise to information
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ratio can become very dense, with a sentence the sender
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considered very mild becoming a hurricane of emotion in the mind
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of the receiver. Therefore try to keep personal nouns and
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pronouns, like "you" and "your" out of any message that may cause
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disagreement among the other members of the echo or net.
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If necessary to express disagreement with an idea, couching the
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words of your message in impersonal terms works best.
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Bad response:
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"I think you are stupid to think motherboards should just be
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thrown away rather than fixed." This message may well cause the
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receiver to respond with some nasty reply, clogging the net with
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negative personal argument.
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Better response:
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"I have always found that motherboards could be fixed." This
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presents an opposite view, but the receiver will less likely
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consider it a personal attack.
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If someone disagrees with you personally, or even attacks you
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viciously, you have three options on an Echo or Net. You can
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simply ignore the message rather than responding. You can
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respond in an impersonal but polite way, not letting the attack
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affect you at all. Or you can send a message to the Moderator,
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expressing your unease at the tone or attack of the message you
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received and let the moderator take care of it.
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2. Understanding the Twit: Occasionally, someone joins a net or
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echo with only one interest, to cause as much uproar as possible.
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They may simply personally attack every person on the net, or
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sometimes they attack every idea or subject thread they find,
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for the same purpose. They are often racist, sexist, nationist,
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or just plain stupid. If the rest of the members of the net
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refuse to communicate with the twit, S/he will usually lose
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interest and stop posting.
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Sometimes normally reasonable people become twits without
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realizing it, taking some argument or disagreement past the point
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of curtesy and drawing in others. The discipline of electronic
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communication really requires a more detached viewpoint than
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normal in other communication medias, because the usual
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subliminal undercurrents of communication one receives in other
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two-way mediums do not exist. Sarcasm and humor can easily become
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misunderstood, and cause unintended ill feelings.
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In electronic mediums, honesty, tact, and straightforwardness are
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of great significance. Without them, communication can stop
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cold.
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In dealing with twits, especially the more obvious ones, there
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are five common sense rules I always use:
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Echoer's Common Sense Rule #1 (ECSR1): If possible, never
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READ twit's posts. Step over manure or your shoe will stink.
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Echoer's Common Sense Rule #2 (ECSR2): Never ANSWER a
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twit's posts!!!!! Stirring manure makes it stink worse.
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Echoer's Common Sense Rule #3 (ECSR3): Never QUOTE a twit's
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posts!!!!! That's like smearing manure on your friends!
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Echoer's Common Sense Rule #4 (ESCR4): Never MENTION a twit
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to another echoer!!! That's like sharing a manure sandwich!
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Echoer's Common Sense Rule #5 (ECSR5): LET THE MODERATOR
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HANDLE THE TWIT!!!!! He has the right kind of manure shovel.
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With these few hints, communication over computers can become a
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true joy instead of a cold hassle.
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When replying to an apparent perceived "flame" in this echo, count
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slowly to 10 before replying. If you still feel like answering in the
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same mode, count to 10 again. Keep repeating the above.
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Thanks for your Co-operation,
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Bill Wynne
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Co-Moderator
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TRADE-WARS
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-!- RoboBoard/FX v1.03b
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! Origin: Revelstone Ft. Worth,TX. (817)732-1767/735-9473 (1:130/402)
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