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Re: Keeping things in perspective
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Wed, 28 Mar 2001 00:07:57 GMT
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So when someone disagrees with you over something and you ban them,
which then in turn causes them to leave the community permanently or
give up bothering to share new models, is that akin with killing them?
Robert
On Tue, 27 Mar 2001 00:46:27 GMT, lehman@javanet.com (Todd Lehman)
wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Daniel Jassim writes:
> > [...] One gentleman indicated that leaving
> > this hobby is akin to "virtual death." [...]
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> Ahh, yes, and it is! Look at it this way: If someone you've known only
> from online for years suddenly ups stakes and leaves the hobby -- and you
> never see or hear from them again online -- it is essentially as if they've
> died. If they *had* died, your continued interaction with them would likely
> be no more or less than if they just disappeared from the hobby. It's
> happened before, and I'm sure it will happen again, and those who have been
> around online since the early ATL/RTL days have seen a great number of
> people come and go. I used the word "virtual" of course since someone
> doesn't typically die when they exit the hobby, and the word "death" because
> it can be very sad for the community to lose someone. At the very least,
> it's usually a pretty serious thing when someone checks out.
>
>
> > [...]
> > So, if someone decides they want to quit, good for them! It may be the best
> > choice they'll ever make! It's a big world and there's a lot to do! Although
> > I get much pleasure sitting down on a quiet afternoon to throw together a
> > neat spaceship, I also know that there's much more to life than these
> > material things.
>
> Absolutely! Keep in mind, though, that if someone quits, they potentially
> leave friendships, etc. behind. Maybe that's great for them, and maybe not,
> but other people they knew will notice and feel it. For example, I enjoy
> your stuff immensely and it would be my loss if you left the hobby. I know
> it's just a hobby, but that wouldn't make it hurt any less than if one of my
> favorite bands suddenly stopped producing stuff.
>
> --Todd
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| (...) Only if their computer crashes as a result :D However, they can be born again. At least so long as they change their online identity. The person would then be an entirely different sort of animal than a friend, methinks. Somewhat sinister. (...) (24 years ago, 28-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Ahh, yes, and it is! Look at it this way: If someone you've known only from online for years suddenly ups stakes and leaves the hobby -- and you never see or hear from them again online -- it is essentially as if they've died. If they *had* (...) (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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