Working more and more online in a distributed company, we have to share some wellbeing rules of how we use online tools that don't seem intuitive to everyone. And I've never seen a written list of a lot of this culture shared by a lot of people I can meet online.
Since DEV is an awesome community, what about trying to build it!
Here are some rules that seem intuitive to me and that I try to follow (do you agree?) :
- Make sentences
- IF YOU WRITE WITH CAPITAL LETTERS YOU ARE SHOUTING
- No custom funny font, No custom funny color, No custom funny background
- Mention people only if they absolutely need to react (@here or Reply to All are the evil)
- Put a profile picture and a bio
- When you post on a chat (Slack), if you have an answer some seconds after your post, you are in a discussion so at least say "Sorry, I can't stay" if you were just posting something and leaving.
- When you leave a discussion on a chat, say it, don't disappear while everyone is waiting for your answer
- Embrace asynchronicity : When you post a blog post or message in a forum, don't DM or call everyone to ask if they've already read it, just wait.
- Don't edit a post without notifying people
- Links are fantatic, share a link instead of a description of how to find the information on a website
Do you agree with these? What are the online behaviors you follow and expect?
Top comments (4)
I'm cool with editing after so long as you're honest about what changed.
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That way it still makes sense if the comments are like "Wtf, I thought you hated Java?"
This is a great topic. Most important - imho - is that all chat is done with respect. Also, remember that the discussion is a connection to "real" people -don't use words that would hurt or embarrass someone else.