The purpose of this thread is to establish etiquette guidelines for the USMS Discussion Forums. Most of the nearly 900 forum members use common etiquette when posting. Unfortunately this is not always the case. Please use this thread to list suggestions for "netiquette guidelines" for posts on the discussion forums.
Hugh Moore
USMS Communications Committee Chair
Parents
Former Member
I think this thread is totally unnecessary.
This forum is remarkably well behaved, and when we sign up we are told the guidelines - and when the guidelines are violated our posts get pulled.
What I don't understand is how people get insulted when they see *other* people acting like children. It seems to be some sort of WASPish cultural insensitivity and/or bias. People communicate in different ways and tolerance is called for. When I see posts from some particular posters I feel . . . indulgent (usually, otherwise I swim a 1650 fly.) Also, it is a nice diversion after a frustrating day at work.
Obvioiusly, the complainers never grew up in the Italian/Jewish/Swedish/Scotch-Irish/Wasp household that I did!
I think this thread is totally unnecessary.
This forum is remarkably well behaved, and when we sign up we are told the guidelines - and when the guidelines are violated our posts get pulled.
What I don't understand is how people get insulted when they see *other* people acting like children. It seems to be some sort of WASPish cultural insensitivity and/or bias. People communicate in different ways and tolerance is called for. When I see posts from some particular posters I feel . . . indulgent (usually, otherwise I swim a 1650 fly.) Also, it is a nice diversion after a frustrating day at work.
Obvioiusly, the complainers never grew up in the Italian/Jewish/Swedish/Scotch-Irish/Wasp household that I did!
