Netiquette are those actions you perform to
prove you know better.
Many people don't know better. Perhaps they
could do better if they were aware of their
actions. If you know better, you do better,
and thus, without needing to lecture, give
and example of better.
One of the most annoying things is when you
receive an endless email in which 90% of it
are addresses to whom it was forwarded.
Whomever sent it to you had to have scrolled
through screens of addresses. Yet, they sent
the email to you without the courtesy of cutting
out the addresses.
Simply cut out all the addresses and send it
back.
You don't have to mention that it is a waste
of bandwidth to forward an email, which may
consist of a joke or inspirational story,
with ten screens of forwards.
Removing the headings when they are sheer
addresses is simple courtesy, which is a
highlight of Netiquette.
"Don't Choke the Bandwidth is a key tenet
of Netiquette.
So it is at the beginning, so too at the
end, when you receive an endless email
made up of every single call and response
from the conversation began.
When it is not a business email in which
a history might be relevant, delete
everything after your response, or after
the remark you are responding to.
When one is dealing with email, less is
more. The shorter clearer email is what
you strive for.
Only include addresses when they are
relevant to the email. If they are
merely the history of every single
person on Earth who has read this
joke, they don't need to be preserved.
If the remark does not need the past
week of review to be comprehended,
then delete the past week of conversation.
