Week 7 - Tarzan in New York: The Quirks of Online Communication

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Respect other people's time and bandwidth


The term Netiquette is a translation of the Spanish term netiquette, which in turn is a compound word of manners (French, label) and net (network, internet). The word netiquette was first used in "Netiquette Rules" ("Rules of netiquette"), a set of rules from good behavior created and published in 1995 by the online organization Internet Engineering Task Force, responsible for establishing standards for the proper functioning of the network.

While Netiquette rules are not mandatory, its idea is to make the internet a friendly, safe, and reliable place for all users. There are 10 Netiquette rules in total. 

1.Remember the human
2.Adhere to the same standards of behavior online that you follow in real life
3.Know where you are in cyberspace
4.Respect other people's time and bandwidth
5.Make yourself look good online
6.Share expert knowledge
7.Help keep flame wars under control
8.Respect other people's privacy
9.Don't abuse your power
10.Be forgiving of other people's mistakes

In this article, I will focus on the 4th rule - Respect other people's time and bandwidth.
Since the creation of the internet, people try to communicate with others in the network. As the internet speeds have increased dramatically, millions of packets are traveling every second on the internet. Ideally, before posting anything over the Internet, it's best to make sure it's concise, appropriate, and short. Consuming digital information requires not only the time of the person receiving the message but also data or bandwidth. An example of netiquette, in this case, is short Whatsapp voice messages. People tend to send 2-3 mins of voice messages which are abundant and only have the value of 10-20 seconds.

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