Post Tagged with: "Internet Safety"

The League Thought They Owned the Room!

Ms. Netiquette / May 11, 2012 5:21 PM The League Thought They Owned the Room!

Dear Ms. Netiquette, Today people from a league started to bad mouth me to other players as well as harass and berate another player who is my friend when she requested that they stop. They laughed at her name saying […]

I Was Banned for Hate Speech!

Ms. Netiquette / May 4, 2012 6:37 PM I Was Banned for Hate Speech!

Dear Ms. Netiquette, Several weeks ago I was playing in Solitaire and two men were using hateful and vulgar language towards women. One woman was very upset. All she and I wanted to do was play and enjoy a normal […]

Avoiding Bad Luck on Pogo!

Ms. Netiquette / April 13, 2012 6:35 PM Avoiding Bad Luck on Pogo!

It’s Friday the 13th and I thought it would be fun to grab a big cup of Darjeeling, a couple of shortbread cookies and cozy up to the computer and write a fitting and fun column to commemorate the day! […]

What Happens When You’ve Had Your Account Spoofed?

Ms. Netiquette / January 20, 2012 5:44 PM What Happens When You’ve Had Your Account Spoofed?

  Dear Ms. Netiquette, While in a game room, I witnessed a confrontation between two players with uncommon but nearly identical user names. One of them had obviously created an account and edited the profile to mimic the other player’s […]

A Plea for a Little Understanding

Archives / December 16, 2011 9:29 AM A Plea for a Little Understanding

Dear Ms. Nettie, Well, you saw my subject line and I’m pretty sure your saying, “here we go again!” The battle continues over leagues vs. no leagues. I don’t want to go too far into this, I’m not writing to […]

Supposed Hacker’s Claim Has Me Fearful!

Archives / October 29, 2010 12:14 PM Supposed Hacker’s Claim Has Me Fearful!

Dear Ms. Netiquette, I saw something in a game room the other day that quite honestly disturbed me to the point that I haven’t wanted to play Pogo since it happened. I like to play a certain game. When I […]

Badge Day Shock Over Politeness

Archives / March 26, 2010 3:10 PM Badge Day Shock Over Politeness

Hi Nettie, Usually I’m writing to you to complain about the horrid people and things going on in Pogo. However, this week has been amazing. It’s Wednesday – Badge Day – and therefore, the rooms are the most crowded. I […]

How About a Gentle Reminder on the Importance of Privacy?

Archives / February 12, 2010 3:35 PM How About a Gentle Reminder on the Importance of Privacy?

Dear Ms. Netiquette, I saw something in chat today that I thought maybe you could talk about in one of your columns. A couple of people were getting to know each other – which is wonderful – and they seemed […]

The Tikis do the Internet Safety Dance

Archives / April 16, 2009 1:10 PM The Tikis do the Internet Safety Dance

By Bret D. | April 16, 2009 Green: Whatcha doin’, Red? Red: Getting ready for the show… playing some Pogo.com Green: Wait a second! Why does your Mini look like my Mini? Red: Dude, I totally guessed your password. It […]

Tikis Talk about Vista!

Archives / February 7, 2008 11:18 AM Tikis Talk about Vista!

By Bret D. | February 7, 2008   Red: (Waking up) Hunh? Are we alive? Oh man, it’s February! What are we bears? Have we been hibernating? Green: (Rubbing eyes) Geez, it would seem that way. I don’t know about […]