Tag: NETIQUETTE

The reason I actually like commenters is that they're grown, thinking, playful adults, doing their own thing, with diverse opinions and backgrounds and therefore something to bring to the table. So you are grown up enough to own your behavior and treat people (at least pretty much) the way you'd want to be treated. That is why we have a successful commenting community of smarties: because you ...

Most policemen, social workers and ER medics are subjected to a wide array of lurid sights and stories on a daily basis, simply because their jobs demand it. The same can be said, apparently, for Web content screeners. As more sites have adopted platforms that allow users to create and post their own content, demand for the workers who screen that content has skyrocketed. Although social ...

Most of Germany's urban transit system runs on an honor code. In essence, the functionality of an honor system rests on the assumption that people will act as law-abiding citizens, and pay metro or bus fees even in the absence of enforcement. It's an interesting approach to behavioral economics, and one that, like everything else in Germany, seems to work pretty well. Now, though, one German ...

You may soon find a new booklet in the pocket of your coach airline seat explaining proper airplane netiquette. On all AirTran Airways flights, alongside your SkyMall catalog and that pamphlet that illustrates how to survive the least traumatic plane crash possible, you'll now find useful tidbits like: "14B is not your office. It's an airline seat. Treat it as such," and "The lavatory is not ...