Chapter 2 of Writing Online offered a brief discussion of netiquette. The Crosslinks that follow lead to more netiquette advice, stories of netiquette gone bad, resources on privacy and international culture online, examples of good and bad ways to respond to flames, and ideas for research projects on netiquette and Internet customs.

• The Net: User Guidelines and Netiquette by Arlene Rinaldi includes a reminder that there is little privacy online, which is important to remember when writing. Of special use is a list of 10 Commandments for Computer Ethics. 
• Dear Emily Postnews. Written by Brad Templeton primarily with Usenet in mind, this tongue-in-cheek page satirizes Emily Post.
• Road Map Lesson 7: Netiquette. Created by Patrick Crispin and saved on the Web by Neil Enns, this advice was part of an early Internet tutorial. The best part of it is the dos and don'ts column.

• Netiquette and Flaming  offers definitions of the two terms and claims flaming results where netiquette fails. This page is part of a note for a longer work by Jason Sheets titled "Private Regulation of the Internet: Self-Help, Collective Action and Contract." Sheets's essay is part of collection of essays from a cyberlaw class taught by Prof. Lydia Loren.
• How to Not Get Burned by Andy Cline gives examples of flames as well as advice on how to avoid them. You may also want to check out his home page, which links to some of his personal essays as well as his analysis of the rhetoric used in the U.S. presidential election.

• Communicating in the Global Village is an article by Gihan Perera that offers excellent tips on writing for an international audience. In fact, Perera offers a number of articles on a range of issues, including security and privacy, better use of email and seach engines, and so on. It's worth spending some time at his site; you can learn a lot. 
• Self-Regulation and Privacy Online is a report made to the U.S. Congress by the Federal Trade Comission. This report recommended that web sites self-police the amount of information they collect about you as you surf online, which pleased businesses but disappointed privacy advocates.
• Protecting Your Privacy Online offers advice on surfing in relative privacy from TRUSTe, an organization that offers a privacy seal of approval to web sites that protect your privacy. Also of use is their collection of Privacy Links and Resources.

• The Unabridged History of Usenet Flaming??? is a compilation of posts from alt.culture.usenet and news.future on flaming. Collected in 1993 by Jorn Barger.
• The Flamer's Bible was written in 1987 by Joe Talmadge, again based on Usenet experiences. As you can see, what was true then remains true to this day. If you have to flame, do it with style. For an example (made-up) of a flame, see Talmadge's Bible followup.
• Flameworld is a site that is no longer maintained, so some of the links might not work, but you have to see it to appreciate it. Much of it celebrates flaming; it includes a link to some excellent advice as well.

• How Effective Are Netiquette Guides? Netiquette advice abounds, but everyone also complains that people are rude and boorish online. How can that be? Do the guides work? Look into why people act badly when so much time is spent advising them to act nicely. You can examine netiquette guides, examples of flames, and look into studies of online behavior.
• Who Says We Should Have Privacy? If you explore some of the links on privacy, you'll find that there's an ongoing debate that falls roughly along these lines: privacy advocates say too much information about us is being collected and sold on the Web (what we read, what we buy, where we live). Advocates for businesses that do this say it's no big deal, or that the business that learns the information learns something of economic value and should be able to sell it. The underlying questions, however, seem to be these: What is privacy exactly? Why do we value it? Do we have a right to it, and if so according to what law or principle? You'll find lots of essays and articles online that address these issues, many of them by exploring more deeply the pages provided above (but you can also try searches). Investigate the issue and write an essay that states your beliefs on privacy.