Teema 5. Virginia Shea "Netiquette" Rule 6. Share expert knowledge.



Ruleset described by Virginia Shea makse a lot of practical sense. As the key point from where Internet have started - was to share expert knowledge.

Years ago when living in London, we had an online forum for russian-speakers in the UK which started as the place where people with some experience in UK could share information and advice with people who recently arrived and did not know much.

This was extremely useful source of quick advice, life-hacks, even psychological support for people in new environment. But something that started as simple place for support for local russian speakers, after a year had became a great place where a lot of smart people communicated daily, shared stories, opinions and established real life friendships.

And the main reason why smart people with smart jobs and busy lives had spent some part of their time communicating on this internet platform was due to simple rules enforced by moderators: no swearing, no unpolite behavior, no “anonymous comments”. You had to register an account (dont have to be under your real name) and could write only using same account.

Rules and their enforcement created an environment where texts written by people who like to put some thinking into their writing, was read and commented politely and expertly. This, in turn, generated positive feedback loop. When you see that your text was well accepted (and even if not agreed with), well argumented, it gives you more motivation to put more time and effort next time to the same place. This is how friendships were created. Which lasts till now.

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