This post was mentioned on Twitter by kencamp: Let’s be civil!! RT @SherylBreuker: Cybercivility: The Golden Rule Revisited http://bit.ly/6hfU17 My article and SUPPORT of @aweckerle !!!…

http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=27998

It’s a real turn off when you see people in this space not being able to disagree civilly…it’s kind of baffling actually. Because cyberspace should not be a place where you feel uninhibited (but it happens), it’s a place where your personality and your points of views get shared and displayed as a consequence, so we should think about what we write before doing so.

Also let’s not forget, if you are a jerk off line… guess what? But the intentional jerk is one kind… however there is also a lot of built-in emotion and rage that some people just don’t know how to air out and cyberspace misguidedly so, becomes at times the place where an alter ego can actually have a voice.Having this voice regardless of how it’s perceived it’s the main need for these folks. I don’t agree, but I understand why in these cases.

Andrea’s point in the article are right on the money though, there should be grass roots awareness developing on the issue, if not already, and, there is never an excuse for foul behavior and the kinds of flare ups we’ve all seen at times. Great topic to bring up and I can’t think of a better time…

I’ve always had a policy not to engage, and it has served me well. If everyone would follow your last piece of advice in this post Sheryl it would make for a smoother ride for all of us.

…and just as with the World, in the end the Internet is what we make of it!

Later