HISTORY OF NETIQUETTE

BRIEF HISTORY OF NETIQUETTE

     Network etiquette is the informal term that was used to describe group rules for the internet in the early days of the internet.  Netiquette is the culture of the internet. The rules of netiquette are the common practices and conventions of internet use. Netiquettes are the category and domain specific cultures. Groups, companies, and organizations created network etiquette out of necessity. The word was first posted in a Usenet forum in 1982. The same year the word internet was first used.  Netiquette was created as a joke. It was then used to describe effective email communication. List serve networks began using rules for delivering information to the network. For example, The Toastmasters Group I was part of in the early days of the internet had guidelines for using the list serve to email the entire group. As technology has progressed pictures, graphics, video, and other content have attracted more people to the internet for more than just email.  Web Designers plan the cultural interaction of visitors, repeat visitors define it, and NetworkEtiquette.net publishes the official rules of netiquette on that website.