Cyber EtiquetteIt has been a while since the blog was updated. As we enter into the new year, i think it will be good if we can have a re cap of what we have learnt so far. I have taught on many things, one of them is on cyber etiquette.
Writing blog, MSN, friendster, live journal, face book, etc are platforms where people get connected in the cyber world. Long lost friends get united through the platform of friendster and now the popular face book. I am not really good with all these cyber space tools, but what i know is that when we use these tools, we need to practice the value of respect.
There have been news articles on people abusing the use of blogging, and the different tools in the cyber world. That is why we need to practise cyber etiquette. People write on blog to express their feelings, some may even use it to ventilate their frustrations, anger at times, some will use it to share the happy moments with friends, some use it as an update on what is going on in their lives. These are actually good platforms for people who cannot express freely but choose to express in writing. Some are good writers who use this as a platform to display their writing talents.
However i am rather concerned when it comes to people who simply abuse it and allowing negative things to appear on their blog, msn nick,etc. Negative things such as vulgarities, words that tear down people, some even use images like video clips, pictures to hurt. These are not the kind of cyber etiquette we want to see it appearing in the cyber space, and yet there are many who are abusing the freedom that was given.
For these people who use words that is offensive, abusive, hurting, tearing down, it just reflected to people who you really are in person. Even in the cyber world, names may be changed, but it doesn't change who you are in person.
Character is who you are when no one is watching.
Let us all respect one another and watch our cyber etiquette.