Subj : Re: Community
To   : All
From : roman
Date : Tue Sep 27 2022 18:23:54

In my deep conviction there is no problem in this matter. Because BBS / 
Gopher, like any communication technology, can be used for private needs, as 
well as for public ones. In fact, this is an argument about which is better 
an egg or a chicken.
<Avon>
> On 24 Sep 2022 at 08:08a, tenser pondered and said...
>
> te>  ap> Yeah. I would be nice though if people could be nicer though. 
> People
> te>  ap> complain that BBSing is dying and then when a new person comes 
> along
> te>  ap> full of beans and keen to do things, instead of a polite netmail
> te>  ap> explaining what might be a better way to do things they get a 
> public
> te>  ap> blast of rudeness.
> te>
> te> The BBS thing has always had a problem with the "big fish
> te> in a small pond" syndrome, which in turn led to (and evidently
> te> continues to lead to) a rigid mentality with respect to both
> te> a sense of ownership and ways of doing things.  This is, indeed,
>
> I would argue that this is not just a BBS thing, but perhaps something you 
> may well expect to find in a number of communities. I wonder if it's 
> sometimes borne out of incumbents comfort for the ways things are done, 
> the desire for consistency etc. I'm not against such things per say but I 
> agree new ideas that come along into any pursuit/interest (if tested or 
> trialled with an open mindset) can lead to developments unseen or thought 
> of by the wider community prior.
>
> te> became a thing.  Sadly, as in many things, many of the more
> te> reasonable voices in the community also fell casualty to the
> te> effect.
>
> I'd like to think the not all left, and of course what is 'reasonable' to 
> one may be seen as unreasonable to another. The joys eh? :)
>
> Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not 
> going'
> avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz
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