Comments on: Is Virtual Etiquette Different from Real World Etiquette? http://www.leadingvirtually.com/?p=188 Leadership in the Digital Age Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:38:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Don’t Muddy The Digital Waters | http://www.leadingvirtually.com/?p=188#comment-1230 Don’t Muddy The Digital Waters | Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:03:03 +0000 http://www.leadingvirtually.com/?p=188#comment-1230 [...] especially in this intense period of online social networking, can easily be blurred. We know that etiquette and manners are necessary in either world, yet sometimes in the digital sphere we say things we would never [...] […] especially in this intense period of online social networking, can easily be blurred. We know that etiquette and manners are necessary in either world, yet sometimes in the digital sphere we say things we would never […]

]]> By: Hal http://www.leadingvirtually.com/?p=188#comment-1211 Hal Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:29:34 +0000 http://www.leadingvirtually.com/?p=188#comment-1211 I see little difference between online etiquette and good manners with people on this side of the screen. The old saw, "It takes 15 minutes to say thank you to someone. It takes 15 years for them to forget if you don't" is applicable in any situation. I find myself less responsive to those who hide behind the anonymity of online communication, even if I know them in the real world. If something is worth saying, say it well and with good manners, or be quiet. It is too easy to forget this online - we need to make this an ongoing effort to correct. Cynic that I am, I don't see this happening. I see little difference between online etiquette and good manners with people on this side of the screen. The old saw, “It takes 15 minutes to say thank you to someone. It takes 15 years for them to forget if you don’t” is applicable in any situation.

I find myself less responsive to those who hide behind the anonymity of online communication, even if I know them in the real world.

If something is worth saying, say it well and with good manners, or be quiet. It is too easy to forget this online - we need to make this an ongoing effort to correct. Cynic that I am, I don’t see this happening.

]]> By: Riven Homewood http://www.leadingvirtually.com/?p=188#comment-672 Riven Homewood Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:07:58 +0000 http://www.leadingvirtually.com/?p=188#comment-672 I spend a good deal of time in Caledon,and one of the things I like best there is the culture of Victorian politeness. It is so easy to misunderstand things in text chat that it's really worth taking the time to be polite, even to be overly polite. I'm guessing that the person you met didn't mean to be rude. He was probably nervous himself. The fact that he didn't take the time to have somebody he knew meet him and his class inworld suggests that he may have not been very experienced with SL. The questions he asked are pretty typical of newbie educators. I spend a good deal of time in Caledon,and one of the things I like best there is the culture of Victorian politeness. It is so easy to misunderstand things in text chat that it’s really worth taking the time to be polite, even to be overly polite.

I’m guessing that the person you met didn’t mean to be rude. He was probably nervous himself. The fact that he didn’t take the time to have somebody he knew meet him and his class inworld suggests that he may have not been very experienced with SL. The questions he asked are pretty typical of newbie educators.

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