Identiquette

Revision as of 17:57, 16 November 2009

Etiquette guidelines for identi.ca, status.net and (open-)microblogging in general.

Redenting

• A redent should not include the group tag(s) from the original message and therefor they should be removed or disabled (by adding a space between the exclamation mark and the group name).
• To save characters and be independent of the platform (Dent vs Tweet) it is possible the replace the RD, RT or via phrase with the recycling symbol: ♻

Groups

The bigger the group, the more it is important to think about what you post.

• Before posting always think about how many people you are going to reach and how many people may be interested in you particular dent.
  • Good example: Since this morning !linux is the most used operating system in the world: www.example.com/linux-article
  • Bad example: Just re-installed !linux on my laptop
• If you post in non-english, think about how many people understand your post and you many don't (obviously this does not concern local groups).

Administering a group

Never forget: With great power comes great responsibility [1]

• Upload a group logo.
• Write a good description:
  • Try to avoid the word group in the group description. It's obvious.
• If appropriate, make use of the alias feature.
• Don't be the only admin. You can't be online all the time.
  • Try to get admins from other timezones.

See also

• !etiquette group on identi.ca
• Etiquette at Wikipedia
• Netiquette at Wikipedia