Jim Sharkey wrote:
>
> Erik Reuter wrote:
>
> > On Sun, Jul 14, 2002 at 04:22:58PM -0700, Nick Arnett wrote:
> >>It's soiling the nest that we build together.
> >
> >"Soiling the nest that we build together" sounds like hippie
> >feel good stuff or melodrama to me. To me, Brin-L is a mailing list
> >to read and have interesting discussions. Maybe we are >diametrically opposed on
>this.
>
> See, now this is an interesting topic. Is Brin-L a community, albeit an electronic
>one, or is it simply an impersonal forum for opinionated polymaths to have it out?
To me, Brin-L is a party, with many conversations happening
at once. I might not even like everybody who comes to the party,
or be interested in all of the conversations. Those who want to
use it as a forum, may. But it also has aspects of a community,
since we are all connected.
---David
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