Thursday, October 14, 2010

The World Wide Web's 10 commandments



1) Be Open to new stuff  : One of my principal rule is not to have that french attitude of refusing anything that is new, saying that it is useless. But I want to stay open minded and curious about everything and giving up our judgmental attitude.


2) Verify the privacy settings when giving personnal information

3) No threats and violent messages on a public sphere. Even if it's for fun, they could be misinterpreted.


4) Don't consider what you read on forums as truth. Especially as far as health is concerned, it relies on empiric an personnal experience, and it can never be taken as a professional recommandation.


5) Never give credit card information on a page that is not https.

6) Never give personnal information to a stranger.

7) Verify the sources before giving them credit. For instance on Wikipédia or Twitter rumours.

8) Use a correct spelling. It is not like texting, we have an infinite number of characters to use (exept on Twitter)

9) Do not forget your real life . Even if we have a lot of friend relations on social networks they can be shallow and they do not replace a real social life.

10) Do not give any of your passwords. I've broken that rule a lot of time and I do regret it a lot. Try to respect that rule now. Starting by creating a session dedicated to my roomate so that she can use it when her computer is down without going on my own.

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