Plaxo's Personal Card: Plaxo Etiquette - Learn it. Know it. Live it.

[06.01.05] Plaxo Etiquette - Learn it. Know it. Live it.

From the desk of the Privacy Officer...

Much has been written and discussed regarding Plaxo Update Request messages, the messages that Plaxo members chose to send to selected contacts within their address book. Update Request messages serve to update the recipient with a member's latest contact information and to optionally request the recipient update their information with the member. Update Request messages continue to be one of the most fundamental methods Plaxo members use to stay in touch with contacts who are not Plaxo members. But Update Request messages have not been without their own controversy, often as a result of improper usage by Plaxo members.

Whenever a new technology is introduced, there always seems to be a "breaking-in" period during which people start to establish what is proper usage behavior. After all, remember when it was common to hear a handful of cell phones going off during a movie or play? Or in responding to e-mail, some people ALWAYS SEEMED TO USE CAPS?

Thankfully over time, it became apparent to most people what is the conventional norm and a proper etiquette has been established. Sure you still hear the occasional cell phone ringing in the theater, and my Uncle Ted still hasn't figured out how to turn off his CAPS LOCK key, but fortunately these occurrences are more the exception than the rule. It's clear that as users adopt a proper etiquette, the technology becomes more useful and accepted by everyone.

And I believe these same rules apply to Plaxo. So to help people understand the proper netiquette when using Plaxo, we've published our own set of Plaxo manners. Plaxo Etiquette includes 5 common sense tips that should help Plaxo members to be better net-citizens and make Plaxo more useful and beneficial to everyone.

Keep it to the facts.

Know who you want to know.

Use the personal touch.

Tell them who you are.

Respect others� privacy.

The complete Plaxo Etiquette is published under the Security and Privacy section of our web site. I invite everyone to take a read, let us know your feedback, and as Brad Hamilton once told Jeff Spicoli in Fast Times at Richmond High, "Learn it. Know it. Live it".

Till next time.

Stacy Martin
Plaxo Privacy Officer
privacy @t plaxo.com

Posted by Stacy Martin at June 01, 2005 @ 09:20 AM | permalink

From the desk of the Privacy Officer... Much has been written and discussed regarding Plaxo Update Request messages, the messages that Plaxo members chose to send to selected contacts within their address book. Update Request messages serve to update the recipient with a member's latest contact information and to optionally request the recipient update their information with the member. Update Request messages continue to be one of the most fundamental methods Plaxo members use to stay in touch with contacts who are not Plaxo members. But Update Request messages have not been without their own controversy, often as a result of improper usage by Plaxo members. Whenever a new technology is introduced, there always seems to be a "breaking-in" period during which people start to establish what is proper usage behavior. After all, remember when it was common to hear a handful of cell phones going off during a movie or play? Or in responding to e-mail, some people ALWAYS SEEMED TO USE CAPS? Thankfully over time, it became apparent to most people what is the conventional norm and a proper etiquette has been established. Sure you still hear the occasional cell phone ringing in the theater, and my Uncle Ted still hasn't figured out how to turn off his CAPS LOCK key, but fortunately these occurrences are more the exception than the rule. It's clear that as users adopt a proper etiquette, the technology becomes more useful and accepted by everyone. And I believe these same rules apply to Plaxo. So to help people understand the proper netiquette when using Plaxo, we've published our own set of Plaxo manners. Plaxo Etiquette includes 5 common sense tips that should help Plaxo members to be better net-citizens and make Plaxo more useful and beneficial to everyone.

Keep it to the facts.
Know who you want to know.
Use the personal touch.
Tell them who you are.
Respect others� privacy.