March 11th, 2003



The Top 8 Least
Popular Rules of Netiquette


8> Never light three cigarettes from the same flame war.

7> Don’t go online in the nude. Especially at a public Internet cafe.

6> It is rude to misrepresent your appearance by using screen names such as Barbara44DD or Chester9.5.

5> Your e-mail signature should have at least a dozen lines.

4> Actual gender may not be revealed until after both partners have reached climax.

3> If there isn’t someone in the chat room using all caps, you should start immediately.

2> Martha says: Send a thank-you note for each of those spam messages in your in-box.

and the Number 1 Least Popular Rule of Netiquette…

1> Cyber-sex during the first e-mail is simply *wrong*.




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Credits:

Selected from 48 submissions from 17 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Kevin van Houten, The Colony, TX — 1
Chuck Burke, Phoenix, NY — 2
Marko Peric, Prince Edward Island, Canada — 3, 5
Rabbi Crut, Bowling Green, OH — 4
Janis Spidle, Kansas City, MO — 6
Daniel Attema, Adelaide, Australia — 7
Guy Payne, Leeds, AL — 8
Kim Moser, New York, NY — List Moderator