Tapscott's 8 Net Gem Norms

Tapscott's 8 Net Gem Norms are freedom, customization, scrutiny, integrity, collaboration, entertainment, speed, and innovation. As Tapscott says-
“These are the eight norms of the Net Generation.
• They value freedom-freedom to be who they are, freedom of choice.
• They want to customize everything, even their jobs.
• They learn to be skeptical, to scrutinize what they see and read in the media, including the Internet.
• They value integrity-being honest, considerate, transparent, and abiding by their commitments.
• They are great collaborators, with friends online and at work.
• They love to deal with entertainment.
• They thrive on speed.
• They love to innovate.
This is the net Generation…”
Freedom means that the kids are free and they are on a quest to be free. It means that they can do what they want and no one will be stopping them. It is also setting expectations for elders and for those to come in the future years. Customization is when they can make it how they like it and how they want it. People tend to customize stuff to fit their lifestyle. Scrutiny means basically to trust or verify. Integrity means to be honest and considerate of other users. If you use integrity then it will make it so people trust you and they will respect you because you consider them. To collaborate things means to put things together and come together. Entertainment means that they do what they like and it entertains them. Speed means that things take time and stuff doesn't happen immediately. Innovation means that you come up with new things. All of these show up in all types of technology. One instance where they show up is on World of Warfcraft, people use all of those or else they would not get any respect from any other players. If you do not use the 8 net gem norms even on facebook or any other social networking tool then people just will not respect you.