On 28 May 2002 at 6:48, The Fool wrote: > > From: Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 10:30:23AM +0100, Andrew Crystall wrote: > > > > > You don't seem to understand that keeping one community member > > > while offending probably a lot more is NOT worth it. > > > > There is little that would be more "worth it". It would demonstrate > > a flexible, civilized, tolerant society, that people could handle > > being sometimes offended without over reacting and attempting to > > impose their moral values on another. > > > > > Let me point you at the laws on online game game worlds. Soem of > > > em are highly relevant- > > > > This is not a game. > > That's not the point. It's about the psychology of communities, which > is very relevant. Some of the points this document made could be > mapped directly onto other types of online communities/forums &c.
Right. MMORPG worlds are the best studied, admitedly (because of commercial interests), but most of those laws actually come from MUD's. However, a lot of what they say apply to forums and mailing lists as well. Andy Dawn Falcon
