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What is proper web etiquette? |
The following are a few guidelines for good etiquette when interacting with other Janglo-ers. Please remember at all times that there are real people on the other side of those emails, and that they expect the same courtesy as in face-to-face relationships.
Sending emails:
Please give all relevant information in your emails, and be as clear and thorough as possible. Make sure people can contact you easily.
When relevant, please list your location. People hate calling up for a job or sale, and finding out that it is an hour's drive away.
Please thank people personally when they answer your questions. If they took the time to write you answer, the least you could do is write a short email to say thanks. I often just write that one word- "Thanks." People appreciate it.
Responding:
If you say you are going to show up to buy an item, then please do so, or at least notify the seller that you won't make it or aren't interested. Most likely, s/he turned away other potential buyers after you agreed to buy it, so being a no-show will actually hurt them.
Contacting people about things they didn't ask for is against Janglo rules, and may be grounds to have your membership cancelled. It is also very inconsiderate, and often harassment. It may also be illegal in certain circumstances. Please don't contact them about other business opportunities, or to harass them, or anything else. And definitely not harvesting their addresses for spam or other email lists.
Janglo is an open community that makes efforts to be equally comfortable to people of all political/religious/sexual/ethnic backgrounds. By harassing someone about their affiliations, or choice of wording, or belief systems, or anything else, you are weakening trust among your fellow Jews and increasing strife. Please, no matter how silly or backward you think an idea is, keep it to yourself.
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