Etiquette and digital protocol

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After the appearance of Covid-19, it is common to hear phrases such as: “Abefore the pandemic. The world changed. He is a millennial. Everything is digital”… evidencing the great step taken in communication by humanity.  

What was a wonderful fantasy ;a from the world of cinema, or television series, like many others, became a reality in our lives.   

The digital fear has been removed and with this we learned in an agile and fast way to manage from a device, a wonderful way to streamline our lives and communicate. Most of us have adapted perfectly to these changes .   

Using digital applications positions us in a meeting with our partners, colleagues, co-workers, from anywhere via Zoom.  

A meeting with the client or family by video call, or the customer service of the company in which we work from home.  Bank transfers, fast sending of images and documents, invitations, vacation planning and purchases, everything from home, medical consultations, pharmacies, supermarkets… achieved by our “Click digital”.    

This boom in information and communication technologies has been evolving for several years, so much so. that its basic rules called “Netiquette” (good manners, behavior on the Internet, that is, the etiquette of Cyberspace), applied within our norms, learning new habits in social courtesies , to be taken into account in this digital age.  

This new culture, because cyberspace is one of them, exposes to make some mistakes. Being able to offend without meaning to. Or misunderstand what others say.

Let us remember that many times we do not have the sound and that it is interacting with other people, and may be unaware of conventions or rules, well-meaning netizens.   

To take care of these misunderstandings a bit, let’s do Here are some basic rules that guide us as essential principles in  “Netiquette”. 

It “rule of oror”: Don’t do to others what you don’t want them to do to you. Try to give life to the letters in the most friendly and correct way possible.  The exchange of a conversation either through social networks or an email must have the language of interconnection .  

The correct use of letters will make your feeling clear if it is pleasant or not.  You are in cyberspace, they are archived somewhere you have no control. With the possibility that at some point they may turn against each other.  

The laws that will govern cyberspace on privacy and copyright formulated. Some are confusing, complicated and difficult to obey.

The best thing is to have within this new world a behavior with the best effort of the already called < em>“Netiquette”, maintaining the same standards of behavior used in real life.