Don't Feed the trolls
this post was submitted on 15 Oct 2024
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There always have been the nick picks. But now sometimes there is barely any connection between the post and the comments. Like two people with multiple strokes distributed between them having an angry teams call.
*nit picks
Bottom-posting eMails and Usenet posts.
Fuck you, Microsoft. Bottom-posting replies is the correct way to reply.
German here, I remember teaching people email etiquette and reminding them: βNo TOFUβ (Text Oben, Full quote Unten).
Means sth like βtext above, full quote belowβ
Is bottom-posting some kind of kink I'm not aware of?
The same people who warned us about the dangers of the internet and not to believe everything, are now the ones readily falling for and spreading conspiracies and lies from social media.
It's tragic.
I suspect now it was never about "don't believe everything", it's just been "believe what I believe". Which I suppose follows Nietzsche's thought on the transition from religion to ideology.
Read -> Comprehend -> Post
Don't meet people from online.
Don't share your personal information online.
Yeah that's definitely not being followed anymore.
Don't give your credit card details over the internet.
Nowadays people have them saved in their damn browser for convenience.
Credit card usually isn't so bad. It's usually pretty easy to dispute charges etc, debit card on the other hand...no way that's getting saved
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"Don't believe everything you read on the internet." -Abraham Lincoln
Social media, a gorilla getting shot, two US elections, and GenAI later, we have completely fallen off this one simple rule.
The amount of boomer bait on Facebook is staggering. The amount of Boomers falling for obviously AI-generated shite even moreso.
The amount of millennials falling for boomer bait is also staggering
I personally have the opposite issue. Things often sound way too much like satire these days when they get referenced or pop up in memes, then I find a reputable article talking about it. Everything sounds like [email protected]
A/S/L should be replied when you join a chat room
13/f/cali
69/yes/flavourtown
Basic forum etiquette. It's horrifying at work seeing teams "teams" (forums) used like chats, all the cross-posting and thread necromancy, people completely unable to keep topics confined to the appropriate sub-forum, etc
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You should use the Internet to get info out of it, not put your info there. If you do want to put info, it should never be traceable to you.
I just donβt get why people want so much of their life onlineβ¦
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The rules for abbreviations.
IIRC YMMV bc IANAL
Netspeak fluency has generally given way to textspeak.
ROTFLOLSTCTD
STCTD?
If I recall correctly your mileage may vary because I anal?
It means "I am not a lawyer", usually at least ;-)
Don't talk to strangers.
Searching things is easy so don't post something without checking it. People now don't make the slightest effort to verify a rumor or conspiracy crap.
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