Subj : Re: Community
To   : Avon
From : tenser
Date : Tue Sep 27 2022 06:44:58

On 24 Sep 2022 at 08:29a, Avon pondered and said...
 
 Av> On 24 Sep 2022 at 08:08a, tenser pondered and said...
 Av>  
 Av>  te> The BBS thing has always had a problem with the "big fish
 Av>  te> in a small pond" syndrome, which in turn led to (and evidently
 Av>  te> continues to lead to) a rigid mentality with respect to both
 Av>  te> a sense of ownership and ways of doing things.  This is, indeed,
 Av> 
 Av> I would argue that this is not just a BBS thing, but perhaps something
 Av> you may well expect to find in a number of communities. I wonder if it's
 Av> sometimes borne out of incumbents comfort for the ways things are done,
 Av> the desire for consistency etc. I'm not against such things per say but
 Av> I agree new ideas that come along into any pursuit/interest (if tested
 Av> or trialled with an open mindset) can lead to developments unseen or
 Av> thought of by the wider community prior.

Oh yeah, it's definitely not just BBSes.  Ham radio is the
other big offender that I'm most familiar with: there's a
lot of entrenched gatekeeperism there as well (which is kind
of what this "big fish; small pond" mentality amounts to).
I'm sure the same is true of fly anglers and stamp collectors
and all kinds of other communities.

 Av>  te> became a thing.  Sadly, as in many things, many of the more
 Av>  te> reasonable voices in the community also fell casualty to the
 Av>  te> effect.
 Av> 
 Av> I'd like to think the not all left, and of course what is 'reasonable'
 Av> to one may be seen as unreasonable to another. The joys eh? :)

Yes, many left, but not all. :-)

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