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What are some of the rules about the Internet that were taught to you but are now completely ignored? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 1 month ago by Decency8401@discuss.tchncs.de to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For me, it was that the Internet never forgets and that you should never enter your real name. In my opinion, both of these rules are now completely ignored.

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[–] tias@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Don't top post.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Gmail is super annoying at this, there is no way to automatically turn this off. I just have to delete the ellipsis every damn time

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 3 points 1 month ago

I like to think I'm reasonably intelligent but whatever the heck Gmail does with its reply "conversation" order absolutely bamboozles me. It decides to just hide messages in the middle seemingly at random too, and gives them all reply buttons.

Agh!

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

.. except when it's a forwarded convo and then it's okay, as per 1855.

And then when is a conversation NOT a comment or update to something you've forwarded back? The answer is never.

So it's all good.

[–] digdilem@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Came here to say that. It actually predates common internet usage - Fidonet was a much bigger thing through the 80s and early 90s than emails, and BBS forums used it to distribute messages.

Properly quote only what you are replying to. Quote a line, reply to it. Repeat on multiple points.

Then wait a few days for a reply, of course, unless they were dialling into the same BBS.

Now we have boards like this that do a pretty good job about displaying context and quoting is less needed.