“Netiquette” has evolved to aid us in infusing our electronic communications with some of these missing behavioral pieces. “Emoticons” and other tools have become popular and we encourage their use if it will add to the clarity of your communication:
- 🙂 happy, pleased
- 🙁 sad, displeased
- :-O surprised
- >:-| angry
You may use abbreviations when possible. Examples:
- LOL laugh out loud, “I find this funny”
- ROFL rolling on floor laughing, really funny
- BTW by the way
- *grin* smiling
- IMHO in my humble opinion
- FYI for your info
- Flame antagonistic criticism
Netiquette continues to evolve and we might have constant additions to this growing language. The important thing to remember is that all of the “cute” symbols in the world cannot replace your careful choice of words and “tone” in your communication.
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