When the Internet exploded onto the scene in 1996, communication as we knew it changed forever.  Suddenly we could send Ethernet greetings and thank you notes to almost anyone with a few keystrokes; forsaking the neatly hand-written note that Emily Post had espoused since 1922. When the Internet went mainstream it also became a convenient bully pulpit to broadcast our opinions. And we let them rip with abandon. Why not? We could now hide behind email aliases and pseudonyms to unleash our alter egos.

So where does The Emily Post Institute weigh in on etiquette for the Web or netiquette? (more…)