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How Online Etiquette-Conscious are You?

What's Your Online Etiquette IQ?   No, this is not a test!  Rather, just a few pointers that you should consider as we roll into 2010 and add more and more of the population to the internet & social media frenzy.

 

 

The days of beautifully designed card stock, handwritten invitations have taken a backseat to online correspondence, which has become the norm for many Americans.  Holiday and birthday cards are sent electronically.  Party invites are sent via email with the list of guests who are and are not attending included.  Pictures of events are posted online on multiple venues for all to see.  

 

How internet etiquette-conscious are you?  Here are just a few tips that should be considered:

 

 

• When you send an email to multiple recipients who do not know one another, are you listing all recipients in the BCC (blind carbon copy) area of the email rather than the TO or CC areas?  I can't tell you how many people send me jokes and announcements that have everyone elses email visible to me--what if I were a 'spamming' sort of person?!
  
  
• When you send online invitations to events and parties,  is the list of everyone who you are inviting visible to all guests?  Did you ever see Larry David's 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' episode when a couple of invitees found out that there were undesirable (to them) guests invited to the same party?  Neither party wanted to attend because of that!  You may be completely naive about undercurrents going on between friends!
  
  
  
• Do you think that because it's sent via email that you don't have to plan ahead and send invitations within a reasonable time of the party/event?  Don't think that just because you know it's appearing in their inbox today that your guests will have a clear calendar for this weekend!  The same 2-3 week time frame should be observed as a handwritten invitation.
  
  
  
• Are you Tweeting & texting while you're at the party?  For goodness sakes, WHY?  You're face-to-face with friends and business associates, why on earth would you be so rude to those around you?  It's just like taking a call when you're right in the middle of a conversation with someone--don't you consider that to be rude behavior?
  

 

• Do you tag people in your photos when you post them to Facebook without asking their permission?  I'm okay with it but, everyone is not!  Don't assume that your professional friends want photos of them on the beach posted online for the world to see!
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Are you making negative comments on blog posts of your peers?  Much has been written about this and all I'm going to say is that it's okay to disagree but, a friendly debate is totally different from being downright nasty to your peers.  Did you forget that these peers are the exact ones who COULD be referring you business?

 

 

 

 

With the internet being so much a part of our lives now, we must create a new code of etiquette for the future that follows the same general guidelines as the standards on which we were raised.  These are but a few behaviors that we should be very aware of and seriously need to address before our children learn that this behavior is the 'norm.'

   

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