Digital communication is exhausting, and that's what I find most surprising about it. You would think that talking to someone digitally would be the same as talking to someone in person, but it's not, and it affects a lot of things differently when you choose to communicate digitally over verbally.
After watching a video on email etiquette, I learned that it is considered rude to not respond to an email after 24 hours. If people wanted to wait a week for your reply, they would have used snail mail. Also that you shouldn't type in all caps because people will read it as if you are yelling. Signing your email is important too, so the receiver knows who is sending the message.
BCC, or Blind Carbon Copy, is when all of the addresses of the people who are receiving an email are not known to everyone who is receiving it. If I was sending the same email to five of my friends, none of them would be able to get an email address other than mine or their own. It would be a good idea to use a BCC when sending a business email to many people from your work, or sending an email to everyone in your class.
I think one of the most important things for young people to consider while using digital communication, is to think about how much your non-digital relationships might suffer. Digital communication can be fun and easy, but you might not realize how much of your time is being used towards that. It's okay to unplug for a little while.
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