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Re: Calling it Quits
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lugnet.admin.general
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Mon, 26 Mar 2001 14:12:13 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Daniel Jassim writes:
> Please consider these words of wisdom:
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> "I suggest every one try and remember one of the most important rules of
> electronic communication:
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> If you are upset or angered by a post, mark it unread and come back in
> an hour or the next day, or whatever, and decide if you are still upset
> by the post before posting an angry reply."
Excellent advice (and ironic that you cited who you cited).
In this particular case, though, I think Frank *is* on to something. I think
in this electronic age, we go through the cycle of
-that's new, it's neat... wow, who'd have thunk of it!
-this fits into my routine now, and I enjoy it.
-this is kind of tired, I'm tired of it a bit.
-parodies and strife
faster than we did for older media...
I am not making any sweeping statement that things are at any particular
point but I too am worried. Now, it could be that this is just a stage and
there is no real problem here but things do seem to erupt more frequently,
and engender more hard feelings, than when Lugnet was fresh and new. Could
be a factor of the larger user base, or a factor of our having changed, or
who knows.
Feel free to let this slide as I am not sure there's anything to it.
But I understand why some people were perturbed by this particular joke (not
me, for once I suspected it was a joke right off the bat) and why some
people are perturbed that people are perturbed. But I don't think there's
any call for anyone giving anyone else a hard time about it. (and most
people, including you, Dan, aren't!!!)
If that makes any sense at all. I dunno. If I could put my finger on it
precisely, I would. It just makes me uneasy, like the Duplo Logo thing did a
while back. Maybe that means I have too much invested emotionally here,
because I want everything to be perfect. I dunno.
++Lar
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| (...) And I strongly feel that this media lends itself to people acting in a manner they normally wouldn't in a face-to-face, real life situation (flaming. etc). Since computers create a safe distance, people start acting like they can say anything. (...) (26 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) Frank Filz replied: (...) Please consider these words of wisdom: "I suggest every one try and remember one of the most important rules of electronic communication: If you are upset or angered by a post, mark it unread and come back in an hour (...) (26 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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