Digital Etiquette for Being a Good Digital Citizen
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Being a responsible digital citizen means using technology appropriately, safely, and knowledgeable. Understanding it can help you respect, educate and protect yourself and others. It is true that the Internet has made our lives better and easier but it can also create ways of getting into trouble. Digital citizenship let us teenagers to express, share, and socialize online just like what we do in the physical world. Actually the digital world and the physical world are more alike than people think. Actions performed in the digital world have real life consequences. Just like in real life community there are rules to follow on order to be a good responsible citizen. So here I am to share you my 5 digital Dos to be a good digital citizen based on what I learned from our Informationand Communications Technology subject.
1. Be mature.
Maturity is the best word for these. The Internet is composed of various applications, social networking sites and other collaboration it is also composed of different people with own perspectives in life. In some cases, because people are free to post or comment opinions they thought that all opinions are valid and acceptable. These are the cases that needs maturity. I have here a diagram to help you know if your post would show maturity.
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The "THINK" acronym are questions to guide us on our post on the Internet. First thing to ask is " is it true?" You must scan first post if its legit or it just want you to be hooked with their fake news? Next is " Is it helpful?"What good consequences would it bring to everyone? Or maybe it just make trouble? Would anyone be inspired of this? Fourth question is " Is it necessary?" Do you really need to? Is it important to share or it's just a waste of time? Lastly is " Is it kind?" Or it will just cause a fight?
Every thing that we see and clicked on Internet must be scanned. We must be mindful on using the Internet so that we would not bring harm to anyone.
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2. The value of respect.
This sounds pretty basic. Treat others the way you want to be treated. Keep in touch with the lessons taught us by our parents to be positive, truthful and polite. If someone share a helpful content acknowledge them by thanking them. We could show respect by giving credits to the owner the content.
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3. Safety first.
Since we cannot manipulate the Internet world we must not let it manipulate us. Stay safe with your passwords, addresses, personal info etc. with person you don't know. Beware of strangers and enable the strict privacy settings. We must stay anonymous to be safer. Remember, it's better safe than sorry.
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4. Know the rules
The Internet consist of many various applications and websites and each of them have the rules and regulations we must follow. It is very important to read and know the terms of agreement so we could know our limitations as users.
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5. Be vigilant.
As users must be investigators. Be alert on posts and contents that is harmful to other users. If these happens kindly report it to the site authorities. We must be careful on cyber bullying and online predators. Be alert and look out.
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