[11731] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
In the matter of adverti
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dan Lynch)
Sat Apr 16 02:49:14 1994
Date: 15 Apr 1994 21:00:24 -0800
From: "Dan Lynch" <dlynch@zdexpos.com>
To: "Ethics in Computing" <ETHICS-L@vm.gmd.de>,
"Everyone Else Lurking on Com-Pr" <com-priv@psi.com>,
"Glenn S. Tenney" <tenney@netcom.com>,
"Miles R Fidelman" <fidelman@civicnet.org>,
"Risks in computing" <RISKS@csl.sri.com>
Reply to: In the matter of adverti
Hey, Most everyone on these lists is a "pro" in Internet culture and I see the
Internet as expanding its user base at an astronomical rate this year. So,
can't we cut some slack for new "members"? They have to be told of the "rules
of the road", but they do not need to be "screamed at" so horribly, do they?
I have been working on this "dream" for over twenty years now and it is coming
to pass and I do not want "us" to make newcomers feel unwelcome. All are
welcome "in my humble opinion" and we need to tell the newcomers about the way
we share this cybserspace so we all do not drown in our mutual
exuberance/effluence. Be gentle, please. The article in USA Today about all
those "unwashed AOLers" who have suddenly been given the keys to heaven was
indicative of some of "our" intolerance that we need to repress. We have here
the means for an international (intergallactic?) community communications
medium. We know it. We just need to teach the newcomers how to "do it".
Geez, I did not mean to be so "lecturingish" about all this, but I want to
encourage us to come up with ways to "teach newcomers" how to behave in this
pool/swamp. Any suggestions?
Dan
