Re: Food for Thought when posting to newsgroups

It's real but on a virtual level ... eh ... close but not quite. That's what
I mean .. I think.

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"Kevin Van Sant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in bericht
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> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> >> To me internet communication is not real because the relative anonymity
of
> >> the screen elicits behavior that you simply cannot afford in real life.
You
> >> can hide behind a persona (a mask) or behind a fake name. You can be an
> >> asshole without experiencing the sanctions you'd invariably suffer in
real
> >> life.
> >>
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> What I like about this group is that it does amount to interacting
> with real people.    I've met a few of you so that further makes it
> *real*.  I can understand the wish for anonymity on the internet by
> and large, though I'm not too impressed by anonymity in a group like
> this.  What's the point unless you're planning on behaving in such a
> way that you wouldn't do out in the real world?  And if that's the
> case no one is going to take you too seriously.   There are a lot of
> long time regulars here who's name I know, music I've heard, people
> who I would (and have) looked up if I was traveling in their area.
> What's not real about that?
>
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