Re: Netiquette sillies

["Tracey" <tracey@tbt.co.za>]

Okay, I have asked this on a number of sites, and had zero response.   And
it's killing me.  WHAT IS SPAM!!!????????!!!!
-----Original Message-----
From: Sarah Ralston <ralston@AESOP.RUTGERS.EDU>
To: ridecamp@endurance.net <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Thursday, June 15, 2000 6:41 PM
Subject: RC: Netiquette sillies


>Though everyone has been on good behavior lately, I could resist this, sent
>to me by a non horsey friend. How many times have we all been "Silly" ;-)
> Stolen from another group.
>
>==========================================
>How to make yourself look silly on the net
>
>1. Reply to spam with something cute
>
>2. Get involved in a flame war
>
>3. Announce that you are leaving a group because you have been treated
>   badly, then get into a posting fight with those who reply.
>
>4. Assume that the posters in a group are paid employees of some
>   entity that exists for your convenience, so that if the replies
>   are not exactly what you wanted, you can complain and everyone
>   will quickly rush to give you the service you really wanted.
>
>5. Jump into a group and make the statement "I thought this group
>   was about buying widgets," when you encounter an off topic thread.
>
>6. Not having read the group charter, assume that you can tell the
>   regular posters what the rules are.
>
>7. Reply to a troll.
>
>8. Ask a question that is the specialty of the group and ask for
>   email responses because you do not check the newsgroups very
>   often.
>
>9. Post a message that consists of the word "test".  There is a
>   newsgroup, alt.test, that is devoted to test messages.  In any
>   other newsgroup, messages that say "test" are a magnet for
>   silly responses.
>
>
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