Comments on: Follow the rules http://www.dont-be-a-twit.com/2007/03/26/follow-the-rules/ How to use the Internet without getting up other people's noses Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:28:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kay http://www.dont-be-a-twit.com/2007/03/26/follow-the-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Kay Tue, 27 Mar 2007 14:29:20 +0000 http://www.dont-be-a-twit.com/2007/03/26/follow-the-rules/#comment-12 Yes, journalists are often guilty of that but others do it too. I wouldn't be too harsh on them about the wrong URLs, though. That's probably the fault of the editor or someone else in the production process. Yes, journalists are often guilty of that but others do it too. I wouldn’t be too harsh on them about the wrong URLs, though. That’s probably the fault of the editor or someone else in the production process.

]]> By: Dave http://www.dont-be-a-twit.com/2007/03/26/follow-the-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Dave Tue, 27 Mar 2007 14:26:02 +0000 http://www.dont-be-a-twit.com/2007/03/26/follow-the-rules/#comment-11 It's hard to believe the arrogance of some people, isn't it? What they're saying, in effect, is: "My time is more important than that of the mere mortals who run this forum, or of the other readers. The fact that I'm deigning to post on your forum (which is there purely for my convenience) at all should be enough for you." Funny how many of these people are journalists who post only when they're desperate to get a story down and never give anything back... except a link to your website, if you're lucky. (And even then they often get the URL wrong.) It’s hard to believe the arrogance of some people, isn’t it? What they’re saying, in effect, is: “My time is more important than that of the mere mortals who run this forum, or of the other readers. The fact that I’m deigning to post on your forum (which is there purely for my convenience) at all should be enough for you.”

Funny how many of these people are journalists who post only when they’re desperate to get a story down and never give anything back… except a link to your website, if you’re lucky. (And even then they often get the URL wrong.)

]]> By: Kay http://www.dont-be-a-twit.com/2007/03/26/follow-the-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Kay Tue, 27 Mar 2007 14:08:41 +0000 http://www.dont-be-a-twit.com/2007/03/26/follow-the-rules/#comment-9 While we're on the subject of following the rules, how about twits who do the wrong thing and then say things like: "I was in a hurry and didn't have time to read the rules." Right then, so you thought the rules are there for everyone else to follow but don't apply to you? While we’re on the subject of following the rules, how about twits who do the wrong thing and then say things like:

“I was in a hurry and didn’t have time to read the rules.”

Right then, so you thought the rules are there for everyone else to follow but don’t apply to you?

]]> By: Kay http://www.dont-be-a-twit.com/2007/03/26/follow-the-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Kay Mon, 26 Mar 2007 17:17:20 +0000 http://www.dont-be-a-twit.com/2007/03/26/follow-the-rules/#comment-8 What's so hard about understanding that you should start a new thread for a new topic, but if a thread for it already exists, then chances are it's most appropriate to post in the existing thread? What’s so hard about understanding that you should start a new thread for a new topic, but if a thread for it already exists, then chances are it’s most appropriate to post in the existing thread?

]]> By: Kay http://www.dont-be-a-twit.com/2007/03/26/follow-the-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Kay Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:33:00 +0000 http://www.dont-be-a-twit.com/2007/03/26/follow-the-rules/#comment-7 On the subject of forum Netiquette, here are some ideas for future blog posts: People who don't read what's already there but demand individual attention for their questions. People who have a tizzy fit and start urgently contacting Admins/Mods personally about something unusual rather than giving you five minutes to fix the problem. People who don't read the FAQs and then post on an irrelevant board about how they don't understand simple things, which have already been explained. People who moan about using a free service, if it's not all run to suit them and only them. On the subject of forum Netiquette, here are some ideas for future blog posts:

People who don’t read what’s already there but demand individual attention for their questions.

People who have a tizzy fit and start urgently contacting Admins/Mods personally about something unusual rather than giving you five minutes to fix the problem.

People who don’t read the FAQs and then post on an irrelevant board about how they don’t understand simple things, which have already been explained.

People who moan about using a free service, if it’s not all run to suit them and only them.

]]>