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Have you ever wondered about what someone was talking about when they were talking about the rules of the internet? Most people in the world feel this way... Some believe that they can trick others into believing that what they perceive as the rules is correct. Others just plain believe that the rules of the internet are a myth. I have been searching countless seconds ( i don't have the attention span to search any longer), and i have found a website that states 40 of the 100 rules of the internet. I believe that these are legit, and i would like some input into this. The rules are as follows:
The Rules of the Internet (The Revised Russo Translation)
--Rule 0: There is no Cabal
--Rule 1: Remember the Human
--Rule 2: The Internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it. (Gilmore's Law)
--Rule 3: For every opinion there is at least one equally loud and opposing opinion.
--Rule 4: As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one. (Godwin's Law)
--Rule 5: Never attribute to malice or conspiracy that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. (Hanlon's Razor)
--Rule 6: One cannot argue with stupid. (Callahan's Principle)
--Rule 7: Don't feed the trolls.
--Rule 8: The intensity of an online argument is inversely proportional to the value of the stakes at issue. (Sayre's Law.)
--Rule 9: The passion in an online argument is inversely proportional to the amount of real information available. (Benford's law of controversy)
--Rule 10: Those who are most eager to share their opinions are more likely to be those whose opinions are of least value. (Campbell's Theorem)
--Rule 11: With every post/comment in an online conversation, relation to the original topic decreases.
--Rule 12: The likelihood of a post or comment being read by others decreases with every page of posts/comments that comes before it.
--Rule 13: The likelihood of a post or comment being read by others is inversely proportional to the amount of time you spent writing it.
--Rule 14: The likelihood of a post or comment being accidentally deleted is directly proportional to the amount of time you spent writing it.
--Rule 15: The likelihood of an error in a post is directly proportional to the embarrassment it will cause the poster. (Skitt's Law)
--Rule 16: Any post written to correct editing or proofreading will itself contain an editing or proofreading error. (Muphry's Law)
--Rule 17: Without a deliberate indication of humor, at least one person will mistake any parody for the real thing. (Corollary of Poe's Law)
--Rule 18: Without a deliberate indication of humor, it is impossible to tell some instances of parody from the real thing. (Corollary of Poe's Law)
--Rule 19: It is impossible to criticize an individual, group, institution or product without simultaneously advertising for them.
--Rule 20: Lurk before you leap.
--Rule 21: It is preferable to post in an existing thread than to start a new thread on the exact same topic.
--Rule 22: There is no topic so thoroughly covered that somebody won't bring it up again.
--Rule 23: What happens on the Internet, stays on the Internet--forever.
--Rule 24: On the Internet, one is only as anonymous as one allows oneself to be.
--Rule 25: As anonymity increases, likelihood of incivility increases. (Russo's Theorem)
--Rule 26: Never take the identity of another for granted.
--Rule 27: Neutrality is valuable.
--Rule 28: Neutrality is finite.
--Rule 29: Viable, successful Internet memes will be passed on.
--Rule 30: An Internet meme only remains viable so long as
[People who are encountering it for the first time] > [People who have encountered it before]
(Carr's Law)
--Rule 31: When one transmits a meme after it has been declared nonviable, one opens oneself to ridicule.
--Rule 32: If you can imagine it, someone has imagined it already.
--Rule 33: The good screennames are already taken.
--Rule 36: The Internet devours both concentration and time.
--Rule 37: 80% of everything is crap. (The 4 to 1 rule)
--Rule 38: On the Internet, all expressions, common phrases, and common nouns will eventually be reduced to acronyms.
--Rule 39: Go not to the Internet for counsel, for it will say both "Yes," "No," and "Ask somewhere else."
--Rule 40: Nobody ever ignores what they should ignore on the Internet. (Reimer's Reason)
Thanks to this awesome persons post
The Rules of the Internet (The Revised Russo Translation)
--Rule 0: There is no Cabal
--Rule 1: Remember the Human
--Rule 2: The Internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it. (Gilmore's Law)
--Rule 3: For every opinion there is at least one equally loud and opposing opinion.
--Rule 4: As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one. (Godwin's Law)
--Rule 5: Never attribute to malice or conspiracy that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. (Hanlon's Razor)
--Rule 6: One cannot argue with stupid. (Callahan's Principle)
--Rule 7: Don't feed the trolls.
--Rule 8: The intensity of an online argument is inversely proportional to the value of the stakes at issue. (Sayre's Law.)
--Rule 9: The passion in an online argument is inversely proportional to the amount of real information available. (Benford's law of controversy)
--Rule 10: Those who are most eager to share their opinions are more likely to be those whose opinions are of least value. (Campbell's Theorem)
--Rule 11: With every post/comment in an online conversation, relation to the original topic decreases.
--Rule 12: The likelihood of a post or comment being read by others decreases with every page of posts/comments that comes before it.
--Rule 13: The likelihood of a post or comment being read by others is inversely proportional to the amount of time you spent writing it.
--Rule 14: The likelihood of a post or comment being accidentally deleted is directly proportional to the amount of time you spent writing it.
--Rule 15: The likelihood of an error in a post is directly proportional to the embarrassment it will cause the poster. (Skitt's Law)
--Rule 16: Any post written to correct editing or proofreading will itself contain an editing or proofreading error. (Muphry's Law)
--Rule 17: Without a deliberate indication of humor, at least one person will mistake any parody for the real thing. (Corollary of Poe's Law)
--Rule 18: Without a deliberate indication of humor, it is impossible to tell some instances of parody from the real thing. (Corollary of Poe's Law)
--Rule 19: It is impossible to criticize an individual, group, institution or product without simultaneously advertising for them.
--Rule 20: Lurk before you leap.
--Rule 21: It is preferable to post in an existing thread than to start a new thread on the exact same topic.
--Rule 22: There is no topic so thoroughly covered that somebody won't bring it up again.
--Rule 23: What happens on the Internet, stays on the Internet--forever.
--Rule 24: On the Internet, one is only as anonymous as one allows oneself to be.
--Rule 25: As anonymity increases, likelihood of incivility increases. (Russo's Theorem)
--Rule 26: Never take the identity of another for granted.
--Rule 27: Neutrality is valuable.
--Rule 28: Neutrality is finite.
--Rule 29: Viable, successful Internet memes will be passed on.
--Rule 30: An Internet meme only remains viable so long as
[People who are encountering it for the first time] > [People who have encountered it before]
(Carr's Law)
--Rule 31: When one transmits a meme after it has been declared nonviable, one opens oneself to ridicule.
--Rule 32: If you can imagine it, someone has imagined it already.
--Rule 33: The good screennames are already taken.
--Rule 34: If you can imagine it, there is porn of it. (Yokai's Law)
--Rule 35: If you can imagine it, and there is NOT porn of it, porn will be created. (Munroe's Corollary)
--Rule 35: If you can imagine it, and there is NOT porn of it, porn will be created. (Munroe's Corollary)
--Rule 37: 80% of everything is crap. (The 4 to 1 rule)
--Rule 38: On the Internet, all expressions, common phrases, and common nouns will eventually be reduced to acronyms.
--Rule 39: Go not to the Internet for counsel, for it will say both "Yes," "No," and "Ask somewhere else."
--Rule 40: Nobody ever ignores what they should ignore on the Internet. (Reimer's Reason)
Thanks to this awesome persons post
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