What are the suggested netiquettes for posing to the class email alias?
• Please do not post a simple “Thank you” note or “Hello” message to the class alias. This class alias is subscribed by several thousand people so please be aware that these messages are considered as noises by many people. • Given that we are all living in “instant messaging” age, it is not unreasonable to see folks posting their messages using just lower case letters like following and I know it is perfectly acceptable in instant messaging. • But for posting messages to an email alias where more than several thousands of people are subscribing, I would recommend everyone to follow a couple of guidelines if possible. • It is generally a good practice to remove irrelevant contents when you reply. • Now having said that, I know large percentage of the folks on this alias are not speaking English as their first language (including myself – I speak Korean at home.) Please don’t feel intimidated in posting in English. Less than perfect English grammar is perfectly acceptable.
• Please do not post a simple “Thank you” note or “Hello” message to the class alias. This class alias is subscribed by several thousand people so please be aware that these messages are considered as noises by many people. • Given that we are all living in “instant messaging” age, it is not unreasonable to see folks posting their messages using just lower case letters like following and I know it is perfectly acceptable in instant messaging. • But for posting messages to an email alias where more than 2000 people are subscribing, I would recommend everyone to follow a couple of guidelines if possible. • It is generally a good practice to remove irrelevant contents when you reply. • Now having said that, I know large percentage of the folks on this alias are not speaking English as their first language (including myself – I speak Korean at home.) Please don’t feel intimidated in posting. Less than perfect English grammar is perfectly acceptable.
• Please do not post a simple “Thank you” note or “Hello” message to the class alias. This class alias is subscribed by several thousand people so please be aware that these messages are considered as noises by many people. • Given that we are all living in “instant messaging” age, it is not unreasonable to see folks posting their messages using just lower case letters like following and I know it is perfectly acceptable in instant messaging. • “i write this with only lower case letter i.” (Not recommended) • But for posting messages to an email alias where more than several thousands of people are subscribing, I would recommend everyone to follow a couple of guidelines if possible. • Start a statement with a capital letter like following. • “I write this with a capital letter I.” (Recommended) • Please do not use short-hand. • “u are my friend.” (Not recommended) • “You are my friend.” (Recommended) • It is generally a good practice to remove irrelevant contents when you reply. • Now
