At 4:17 PM -0700 3/29/03, Vernon Schryver wrote:
> Sorry. I don't buy it. When you sign up for the list, you sign up
> for conversations with people on the list. Those conversations may
NO!
Your reasoning would require removal of blocks against Cyberpromo and Alan
Ralsky's many domains should Spamford or Ralsky subscribe to this list.
Should they engage in the conversation of this list (as opposed to
sending spam), then I would say "yes".
But if you would like an escape hatch--I have no problem with not
replying to messages from people. And the sender can't tell the
difference between not replying and dropping on the floor. So
there's your out. Rude, yes. But not a slap in the face.
-----
In a desperate attempt to bring this conversation somewhat on topic.
I will point out that this conversation is so emotional for precisely
the same reason that discussions of spam are emotional. We are
discussing social contracts. We have certain expectations about
communication. These are based on our real life experiences, and our
virtual life experiences. There are cultural differences as well. I
seriously doubt that it's a coincidence that the people I've seen
supporting my case are people whom I've seen on the net for the past
twenty years. Our expectations are different.
Normally you only run into these types of social disagreements when
you literally have cultural conflicts. We are in the unusual
position of trying to patch a virtual culture. Think how you would
feel if someone came in and gave you a new set of rules for when you
should and shouldn't say hello to people on the street. Told you
whether or not you were allowed to say thank you. Or put
communications restrictions on people in the real world similar to
the ones we are creating the virtual world. "Hello Mr. Smith. How
are you..." "Sorry, if you want to talk to me, first you have to pay
me ten cents."
Is it any wonder that this is an emotional process?
--
Kee Hinckley
http://www.puremessaging.com/ Junk-Free Email Filtering
http://commons.somewhere.com/buzz/ Writings on Technology and Society
I'm not sure which upsets me more: that people are so unwilling to accept
responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to regulate
everyone else's.
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