| PART 1 - Things NOT to do...
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If you have an urge to tell your life story, go right ahead, but remember that Tom and Paula are probably going to find it, and you'd be better offsitting beside Barbara Walters when we're done with you! Do not misrepresent those facts!!
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Do not sign the guestbook before anything else. Try to actually read through the person's page FIRST, or at least glance at it! If you go straight to the guestbook, you'll end up writing a comment like, "looks good so far, but I haven't had time to look at your page." This is NOT a classic entry! Besides, the page might be full of naked pictures of Micheal Jackson or something - it pays to look before you sign the dotted line!
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Only the super-cool can get away with all those cyberwords like KEWL, GRRL, ROX, CUL8R and such - use these words cautiously, or better yet, DON'T use 'em at all! These words were cool cyber-light-years ago. Now they make you look like a Newbie. If you HAVE to be cool just make up your own words!
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You don't HAVE to be funny, but try to be original! This does not mean STUPID! Try to atleast communicate some sort of comprehendable comment that doesn't leave everyone scratching their heads. And actually tying that comment to the guestbook owner or their home page is a thought!
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Never, never create a file that you just copy and paste into a guestbook, UNLESS, you plan to modify the entry to fit the page you are visiting. There's nothing worse than reading a guestbook and seeing the same entry over and over and over, exactly the same! The only exception to this rule being that you will also provide barf bags along with the entry!
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Be patient when submitting an entry - don't push the "submit" button 29 times! Any idea who ends up looking brain dead after this sort of episode?? Any idea whose page we probably WON'T all go running off to see??
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Double check how you typed your email address and your URL, nobody likes to send email that gets sent back by that mail demon guy! And one more thing; don't use fake e-mail addresses, it's moronic! If you're gonna sign a book atleast grow enough chest hair to admit who you REALLY are! (It's not like we're all gonna catch the Concord and show up at your door, anyway...)
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If you must use HTML code in your comment, please shut off all tags when you're done! We've all seen those BLINKING guestbooks, and as festive as they are we all HATE them! Equally annoying are the ones that end up stressing out even the visually impaired (everything in 8" high - <Font Size 798> - text!) Go to school and learn how to handle HTML before you go messing with peoples guestbook!
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Don't criticize a person's page in their guestbook, even if they deserve it. If you want to be critical, send some email. If you actually use some tact maybe they'll hire you to do a make over of their site! Flat out bashing is not the way to win friends and influence people!
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| 10 | Please don't use profane language, you can get the same point across with a little imagination. And don't act like a pervert! It makes the whole human race look bad! |
