Khalil A. Rahsheed
20 June 2011
Internet Etiquette
A recent posting on Facebook by a friend raised a question for me. If an acquaintance, friend or family member makes as error in grammar spelling or composition do we correct them on-line or not? We all have Facebook friends who we don’t share phone numbers with. If they post photographs which we don’t particularly find even remotely attractive, do we comment on them? Do we have any obligation to correct information that may be posted that we know is incorrect? I’m asking these questions because the social network doesn’t seem very social at times. At times the dialogue isn’t just rude it’s downright ignorant. Etiquette in general has become very lax and the internet and Facebook in particular are prime examples. Will good manners ever make a comeback or will everyone begin behaving like bawdy comedians trying to out-shock everyone else? What’s wrong with behaving decently?
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