tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150699647741228288.post6418709130358986513..comments2023-08-18T10:09:52.959-04:00Comments on My Important Drama: Netiquette: How to speak to your online friends and your GPSAshleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10098214552133572485noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150699647741228288.post-14343263973651030592010-11-03T14:08:50.154-04:002010-11-03T14:08:50.154-04:00oh man, this is one of those posts (IM etiquette) ...oh man, this is one of those posts (IM etiquette) where the person who wrote that letter is so not getting the real issue, and it seems like Miss Manners also missed it!<br /><br />when this woman engages someone in a conversation, it goes on forever. it is impossible to get her to go away. so people have learned not to engage. that is my theory! <br /><br />i have the same exact problem with my mother, who i am not against speaking to in theory, and who initiates almost every one of our conversations, which i avoid like they were my own death.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12388744776929395127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150699647741228288.post-3865141156047551832010-09-02T09:29:29.242-04:002010-09-02T09:29:29.242-04:00You should never take advice from somebody who ref...You should never take advice from somebody who refers to themselves in the third person consistently, even if it is Miss "The Rock" Manners.<br /><br />Because IMtiquette doesn't actually exist yet as any sort of common knowledge, your first few online interactions with a person quickly become the understood behavior. If the first poster initiated early conversations with her brother, she is now and forever the conversation initiator - unless she decides to have a very silly conversation with him in person on the topic.<br /><br />Her plan is also fundamentally flawed in that there is no way to know if somebody online is purposefully shunning you. The silent treatment is a risky road at the best of times, but at least in person it can become obvious that somebody is not talking to you. <br /><br />To the second post... man, I don't know. If you have friends who sulk because you don't listen to their directions you should probably get some better friends. On the other hand, if your GPS steers you wrong, they are absolutely allowed to gloat for the remainder of the trip.Darnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04396387493874124783noreply@blogger.com