Netiquette - Net Etiquette

"Netiquette (a compound formed from "net etiquette") is a set of social conventions that facilitate interaction over networks, ranging from Usenet and mailing lists to blogs and forums. These rules were described in IETF RFC 1855.^[1] However, like many Internet phenomena, the concept and its application remain in a state of flux, and vary from community to community. The points most strongly emphasized about USENET netiquette often include using simple electronic signatures, and avoiding multiposting, cross-posting, off-topic posting, hijacking a discussion thread, and other techniques used to minimize the effort required to read a post or a thread. Netiquette guidelines posted by IBM for employees utilizing Second Life in an official capacity, however, focus on basic professionalism, maintaining a tenable work environment, and protecting IBM's intellectual property.^[2] Similarly, some Usenet guidelines call for use of unabbreviated English^[3][4] while users of online chat protocols like IRC and instant messaging protocols like SMS often encourage just the opposite, bolstering use of SMS language." -Wikipedia

Sexson is a strong believer in netiquette. He wants the blogs to be as productive, fun, educational and stimulating as possible for the community, while maintaining a sense of professionalism...which means watching ones language, anything durogatory, or off topic (especially when commenting on some one elses blog). It is an important thing to remember and not a hard thing to follow... all ya have to do is not be rude or do anything illegal ;).