Re: A proposal to bring together the conlang communities

On Jan 27, 2008 6:07 AM, John Vertical <johnvertical@...> wrote:

>
>  And this is just one difference in the list; far as I can
> tell, "mailing list culture" and "forum culture" are quite distinct,
> probably "usenet culture" and "blog culture" too. So I don't think this is
> as simple an issue as content filtering!
>
One thing I've noticed on mailing lists versus message boards is that
on mailing lists, people tend to be far better behaved and mature
about things. I visit gardening boards and am on the medit-plants
(Mediterranean gardening) list, and I've noticed that people tend to
stay pretty much on topic on the list. On message boards I visit, it's
usually flame wars, political discussions (that edge toward neo-con
politics), and nasty attitudes wrapped up in falsely innocent posts
intended to fan flames. I pretty much cannot stand the ZBB board
because of many posters there (call it snobbery, elitism, or what, I
remain firm). So, I tend to be an off and on visitor to message
boards.