Identiquette

Revision as of 21:34, 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 therefore they should be removed or disabled (by replacing the exclamation mark with the hash symbol, making it a normal tag).

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 how many won'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 redundant.
• If appropriate, make use of the alias feature.
  • Example: !soccer should/could be an alias of !football
• Don't be the only admin. You can't be online all the time.
  • Try to get admins from other timezones.

URL shorteners

• If you don't need to use these, resist. Most readers will prefer a transparent URL.

See also

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