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    For many, the importance of correctly identifying themselves in electronic communication is not obvious. However, neglect of certain rules can create significant inconvenience to the interlocutor.

    Described below does not apply to formalized etiquette rules, but only describes common problems that create a careless attitude to self-identification on the Internet.

    Sincerely, Alexander


    The screenshot above shows a common problem that you have to deal with in business communication.
    It is foolish to think that you are the only "Alexander" with whom your interlocutor is familiar. And if the interlocutor communicates with a large number of people, it will be very difficult for him to remember in a day or two that he was talking specifically with you, and even more so to find you in the contact list. Therefore, you have to look at the log of correspondence with each Alexander in order to find the right one in him.

    A short video about the importance of a surname:


    If you represent a company, and use the IM client only for business communication, it is appropriate to add the name of the company after the name. For example, instead of “Vasya” it’s better to write “Vasily Shishkin (webstudio.ru)”

    And even if you do not represent any company, and among friends you are known as just Vasya, imagine how many more Vasiliev can be in the contact list of your friends, and take the trouble to add if not a surname, then at least a unique pseudonym replacing it.
    For example, “Vasya Cool” or “Vasya Molodets” so as not to get lost among a dozen other Vasya in the contact list.

    As a result, due to an inattentive attitude to filling out your profiles, you force interlocutors to edit your profile yourself. Rename you from “Vasya” to “Vasya web design”, add a mobile phone in your Skype profile, and so on.

    List of signature recommendations in any messengers:

    • Never subscribe with just a name . Specify a surname or a nickname instead of a surname
    • Specifying only an alias without a name, choose a catchy and quite unique one. For example, Black is a bad alias, Fedor Lobster is a good alias.
    • No extraneous characters, emoticons, brackets, asterisks. Type "* Svetochka))) *", "- << == SuperNagibator == >> -". Even in the elementary grades of school it’s a shame to do this
    • If you represent a company and only talk about work from this account, you can enter the company name after the name
    • Fill in vcard. Indicate in the profile the company's website, work phone. If this is Skype, then indicate your personal phone number in the profile. Being abroad it is very convenient to call on a mobile from Skype without the need to rewrite it manually
    • Choose meaningful and strict logins. In any case, you will have to dictate them by ear. Instead of leno4ka222, kjaaaxi, siooaoa7 it is better to prefer elenazaeitseva, k.antonov, ivanov.max
    • Do not change the name in the profile. Once you've chosen the correct name, never change it. It is very annoying when you can’t find in the contact list of Andrei Zaitsev who suddenly became “Andryushka Zaychik”


    Public publications



    I am often approached by acquaintances who do not have an account on Habré, with a request to ask something from the author of the article. Because they cannot comment on the article, and the author did not leave any contact information in the profile. Okay, even if his login can be google and find the contact of the same name or facebook. But it happens that this is impossible.

    Well, an exotic question arises, such as "What type of connector is there in this undocumented Chinese reverse osmosis filter controller chip?" And as a result of googling, you find God’s forgotten forum where one and a half people sit and one of them is the owner of this rare chip and knows everything about it.
    And in his profile:

    And usually something like “Was online: 8 months ago .”

    Therefore, if you publish on the Internet anything that might be of interest to anyone, even this may seem to you unpopular and not interesting, or you just keep a blog for yourself, shoot videos, share experiences on the forum, work hard, if necessary, with you could be contacted by publicly available methods. Rid the person of the need to register on youtube, forum, live journal, twitter just to write to you. Provide contact details in a public place.

    • When engaging in public activities - provide an opportunity to discuss this with you. For example, include anonymous comments and
    • Indicate the current means of communication in public places. Remember that you can stop visiting forums / LJ and not read private messages sent through these services.

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