RE: "BP Lurkers"
I'm not really sure what you mean by a "lurker"...
A lurker, in net parlance, is someone who acts passively in network activities. In the case of blogs, bulletin boards, and forums, a lurker simply reads and never contributes.
...I don't feel comfortable debating on the BP anymore.
I wondered where you went. I figured you got your feelings hurt when Andy and I told you your CCC idea was socialism.
It is very difficult to judge the spirit in which one is posting, and we risk someone taking our opinions personally and acting unreasonably.
It gets easier, the more you do it. The idea is to communicate as much and as clearly as one can. If someone takes these things personally, that is their problem and not mine (or yours). Someone who is inclined to act unreasonably will do so regardless of what you or I may do or say.
It can be dangerous.
Life can be dangerous. Free speech isn't cheap and it's not for the timid. Fear just makes us into slaves.
A lurker, in net parlance, is someone who acts passively in network activities. In the case of blogs, bulletin boards, and forums, a lurker simply reads and never contributes.
...I don't feel comfortable debating on the BP anymore.
I wondered where you went. I figured you got your feelings hurt when Andy and I told you your CCC idea was socialism.
It is very difficult to judge the spirit in which one is posting, and we risk someone taking our opinions personally and acting unreasonably.
It gets easier, the more you do it. The idea is to communicate as much and as clearly as one can. If someone takes these things personally, that is their problem and not mine (or yours). Someone who is inclined to act unreasonably will do so regardless of what you or I may do or say.
It can be dangerous.
Life can be dangerous. Free speech isn't cheap and it's not for the timid. Fear just makes us into slaves.
posted by Anonymous | 10:22 AM
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