Vint Cerf Quotes

Social media, to me, has got out of hand. Why can't we all be nice to each other?

I realized that that Golden Rule does not exist online. You are not held to that same standard as when there is a teacher in the room or someone monitoring behavior.

I know it's very 'old media' of me to admit this, but I am often unnerved by the lack of civility on the Web.

It only takes 140 characters to toss one's character out the window.

The Internet does not have a reputation as being a particularly civilized place.

I just think the Internet has made us ruder.

Self-control is needed in the age of technology. Folks have to apply their sense in reacting to different things. I don't appreciate perverse and venom-spewing mindset.

I don't know why the leaders of social networks have overlooked the idea of rules. Real-life behavior is becoming more reflective of social media instead of vice versa, and that's a dangerous thing.

The Internet foments outrageous behavior in part because it is a 'gray area' for social interactions.

You shouldn't say things on social media that you wouldn't say to someone's face.

As with email, the recipient of a texted question seems to have the option to ignore it, while nevertheless saying, 'Hello, lovely day,' and so on.

Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teacher's instructions, and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can he observe the rules of courtesy and humility, obey the conventions and rules of society, and achieve order.

In social matters, pointless conventions are not merely the bee sting of etiquette, but the snake bite of moral order.

Yes, but also one of the problems for a novelist in Ireland is the fact that there are no formal manners. I mean some people have beautiful manners but there's no kind of agreed form of manners.

However revolutionary it may be, the Internet still hasn't altered the basic law of human communication: Being nice to your interlocutors is a good way to start any negotiations, particularly, when being hostile is an open invitation for a cyber-fight.

On the Internet, everybody has an opinion about everything, but if you're smart, you know when to keep your mouth shut.

I begin to grow heartily tired of the etiquette and nonsense so fashionable in this city.

As manners make laws, so manners likewise repeal them.

Honestly, people are pretty chill and respectful on Twitter.

The Internet has played a major role in undermining public morality.

Smooth functioning of social life has always depended on the recognition of certain basic limits to behavior. We cannot simply say or do anything we wish, or offend people, without paying consequences - isolation, ostracism, etc.

If I was on Twitter, I'd probably get in trouble pretty quickly.

It's as if a psychological norm is being established whereby comments left online are part of a video game and not real life. It's as if we've all forgotten that there's a real person on the other end, reading and being hurt by our vitriol.

There are unwritten rules to Facebook: People are using it to build their personas, and when they share something, they usually do so because they think it will in some way benefit others. So when we speak as brands on Facebook, we try to operate within those same parameters.

Even my trolls have started taking the trouble to spell their Tweets correctly, which is thoughtful.