joy@mit-vax.UUCP (Joy Hoppe) (07/19/84)
[One for the Line-Eater Beast....] All right, kiddies. This has gone far enough. I'm patient, and fairly tolerant. (I am SURE I'll be flamed at for *that* remark.... :->) But the kind of conduct I've read lately is against the rules of network etiquette. Let me refresh your memories..... > my comments: not to generalize, but.... "Emily Post for Usenet" (from mit-vax, not me!) 1. Put all items in an appropriate group. > Several people insist on sticking net.religion stuff on net.singles. 2. Reply via mail. > A lot of the "followups" are too triv to be articles-- send mail instead. 3. Exhibit care in preparing items. > A little care will help to eliminate some of the problems herewithin. 4. Read followups. > NO PROBLEM HERE. 5. Don't be rude or abusive. > Trish and many others have been quite rude lately. There are other ways to express anger without cursing (though cursors are a necessity :->). 6. Avoid sarcasm and facetious remarks. > See #5-- it's hard to tell what's sarcasm/funning unless :-)'s are there. 7. Use descriptive titles. > NO PROBLEM HERE. 8. Cite references. > NO PROBLEM HERE EITHER. A. Summarize the original item in followups. > Only a few of you do this. It's necessary for a lot of us whose hardware flakes up occasionally, destroying original articles.... B. In posting summaries of replies, summarize. > See #A. C. Be as brief as possible. > Sorry to bend this rule by adding my comments. :-( D. Don't submit items berating violators of these rules. > I suppose I may be breaking this rule now. But I don't think I have berated anyone...... E. Don't make people read the same thing more than once. > Sorry, but I find the "me too" articles are ever so slightly boring and feel they add very little to the discussions. PLEASE use mail. joy PS- The opinions are mine; not the rules. PPS- Sorry to generalize. I know what a bugaboo that is to many here. However, there is significant evidence to support my generalizations. ------------------------------------------------------------ If you are annoyed send mail to: ARPA: joy@mit-vax@MC UUCP: {allegra,masscomp,decvax}!mit-vax!joy Please don't post.....
chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach) (07/22/84)
The rules ARE mine (I DID write the ettiquette doc...) and I agree with Joy...
(mail flames to me as well while you're at it, I guess)
chuq
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