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What are some of the rules about the Internet that were taught to you but are now completely ignored? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 1 month ago by Decency8401@discuss.tchncs.de to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For me, it was that the Internet never forgets and that you should never enter your real name. In my opinion, both of these rules are now completely ignored.

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[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 35 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Internet is a proper noun and should always be capitalized.

[–] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

[–] Archer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Well, if The Hawk says it’s all right…

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

THE Internet is a proper noun.

AN internet is an network of networks and is just a thing; like an intranet is.

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 month ago

This is the pedantry I came here for!

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

I never knew this until I realized my phone capitalizes it automatically.