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Netiquette Sat Aug 02, 2008 19:22 pm  Netiquette		  
What do you think of netiquette?

It's interesting to hear about its history
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Netiquette originated prior to the emergence of the world wide web in 1989. Text-based email, Telnet, Usenet, Gopher, Wais, and ftp dominated internet traffic, which was primarily used by educational and research bodies. At that time, it was considered somewhat indecent to make commercial public postings and the limitations of insecure, text-only communications demanded the community have a common set of rules. The term "netiquette" has been in use since as early as 1988, as evidenced by early posts of the satirical Dear Emily Postnews column.

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Netiquette Tue Sep 02, 2008 14:08 pm  Netiquette		  
Hi Ralf,

Thanks a lot for broaching this question. To me, good Netiquette means that you don't SHOUT at anyone. For some reason, people from the Middle East or India seem to have a tendency to type their forum or email messages ENTIRELY IN CAPS. Do you have any idea why this is?

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