Module 2 Concept 9: Permanent emphemerality

Advanced Internet users do not confuse the electronically generated 'ephemerality' of their communication with a real emphemerality: they take seriously the requirement to communicate with clear vision of the consequences of what they are doing.

Emhemeral: something transitory, lasting for a markedly brief time.
(www.dictionary.com)

When using email or other forms of electronic communication, inexperienced users often fall for the illusion of this communication as being temporary, in other words once the words dissapear from your screen, then they are gone for good. This is certainly not the case. These words are stored and are easily accessible for a long time into the future. This should be recognised by anyone who considers themselves to be an advanced internet user and the implications this caries.