Digital Respect Quotes

Over time, if you want rights, you have to also show that you can use them responsibly and that you can build a positive world in the online space, and that's also very important.

I just think the Internet has made us ruder.

I am all for cracking down on inappropriate digital behaviour. Too often the connected world is an excuse for some coward hiding behind a keyboard to bully someone else.

Honestly, people are pretty chill and respectful on Twitter.

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

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

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.

Treat haters in your online spaces just the same as you would in the real world. If they're not respectful to you and your customers, kick them out.

I operate a pretty strict muting and blocking policy on Twitter.

In our digital age, the Golden Rule is not enforced online.

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.

Because the Internet is a medium, it doesn't care whether it transmits love or hate. It is what we build and who we are that make it what it is. We can build things that diminish our humanity or build things that bring us to human flourishing.