rule 1：remember the human

礼节一：记住人的存在

互联网给予来自五湖四海人们一个共同的地方聚集，这是高科技的优点但往往也使得我们面对着电脑银屏忘了我们是在跟其他人打交道，我们的行为也因此容易变得更粗劣和无礼。因此《网络礼节》第一条就是“记住人的存在”。如果你当着面不会说的话在网上也不要说。

rule 2：adhere to the same standards of behavior online that you follow in real life

礼节二：网上网下行为一致

在现实生活中大多数人都是尊法守纪，同样地在网上也同样如此。网上的道德和法律与现实生活是相同的，不要以为在网上与电脑交易就可以降低道德标准。

rule 3：know where you are in cyberspace

礼节三：入乡随俗

同样是网站，不同的论坛有不同的规则。在一个论坛可以做的事情在另一个论坛可能不易做。比方说在聊天室打哈哈发布传言和在一个新闻论坛散布传言是不同的。最好的建议：先爬一会儿墙头再发言，这样你可以知道坛子的气氛和可以接受的行为。

rule 4：respect other people‘s time and bandwidth

礼节四：尊重别人的时间和带宽

在提问题以前，先自己花些时间去搜索和研究。很有可能同样问题以前已经问过多次，现成的答案随手可及。不要以自我为中心，别人为你寻找答案需要消耗时间和资源。

rule 5：make yourself look good online

礼节五：给自己网上留个好印象

因为网络的匿名性质，别人无法从你的外观来判断，因此你一言一语成为别人对你印象的唯一判断。如果你对某个方面不是很熟悉，找几本书看看再开口，无的放矢只能落个灌水王帽子。同样地，发帖以前仔细检查语法和用词。不要故意挑衅和使用脏话。

rule 6：share expert knowledge

礼节六：分享你的知识

除了回答问题以外，这还包括当你提了一个有意思的问题而得到很多回答，特别是通过电子邮件得到的以后你应该写份总结与大家分享。

rule 7：help keep flame wars under control

礼节七：平心静气地争论

争论与大战是正常的现象。要以理服人，不要人身攻击。

rule 8：respect other people‘s privacy

礼节八：尊重他人的隐私,别人与你用电子邮件或私聊(icq/qq)的记录应该是隐私一部分。

如果你认识某个人用笔名上网，在论坛未经同意将他的真名公开也不是一个好的行为。如果不小心看到别人打开电脑上的电子邮件或秘密，你不应该到处广播。

rule 9：don‘t abuse your power

礼节九：不要滥用权利

管理员版主比其他用户有更多权利，他们应该珍惜使用这些权利。游戏室内的高手应该对新手枪下留情。

rule 10：be forgiving of other people‘s mistakes

礼节十：宽容

我们都曾经是新手，都会有犯错误的时候。当看到别人写错字，用错词，问一个低级问题或者写篇没必要的长篇大论时，你不要在意。如果你真的想给他建议，最好用电子邮件私下提议。

Introduction

What is Netiquette? Simply stated, it's network etiquette -- that is, the etiquette of cyberspace. And "etiquette" means "the forms required by good breeding or prescribed by authority to be required in social or official life." In other words, Netiquette is a set of rules for behaving properly online.

When you enter any new culture -- and cyberspace has its own culture -- you're liable to commit a few social blunders. You might offend people without meaning to. Or you might misunderstand what others say and take offense when it's not intended. To make matters worse, something about cyberspace makes it easy to forget that you're interacting with other real people -- not just ASCII characters on a screen, but live human characters.

So, partly as a result of forgetting that people online are still real, and partly because they don't know the conventions, well-meaning cybernauts, especially new ones, make all kinds of mistakes.

The book Netiquette has a dual purpose: to help net newbies minimize their mistakes, and to help experienced cyberspace travelers help the newbies. The premise of the book is that most people would rather make friends than enemies, and that if you follow a few basic rules, you're less likely to make the kind of mistakes that will prevent you from making friends.

The list of core rules below, and the explanations that follow, are excerpted from the book. They are offered here as a set of general guidelines for cyberspace behavior. They won't answer all your Netiquette questions. But they should give you some basic principles to use in solving your own Netiquette dilemmas.