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Manners in the cab

When the internet came alive and gave birth to social media, it soon became apparent that some etiquette was needed. It was a completely new space and so the rules were made up on the go and as ‘netizens’ realised that they couldn’t just do as they liked.

For instance, is there any need to hit “reply all” when you want to address just one person in the group? Is it appropriate to forward posts and memes on the office WhasApp group? And at what point is it okay to interrupt a conversation thread with a topic that’s totally unrelated?

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