I might have rose colored glasses, but I don’t see much of that in this forum. I can’t remember the last flame war. Most folks just answer the questions as best they can.
I think that you should present your sanitized results here. Perhaps we are missing something. Cary > On Mar 18, 2016, at 5:36 AM, Swierczek, Julie <julie_swierc...@harvard.edu> > wrote: > > Hello all, > > Following earlier discussions about the fear of looking stupid in public, > I've decided my unofficial research project for the year is to look into ways > that communication (especially on professional listservs) might provide > grounds for that fear. I think this might be something especially relevant > in tech circles. > > I would like to ask you if you have any examples of listserv communication > where you felt that one person was trying to belittle another person, > particularly about their knowledge of a given subject in their field. Best > of all would be if you could point me to the conversation in a public > listserv archive so that I could read more of the thread. However, I am also > perfectly happy with you quoting the message or even just telling me about > it. I would also appreciate any explanation you could provide about why you > see it as a case of someone belittling someone else. (I ask that for two > reasons: 1) it may not be obvious to me because I am not part of that group > and I don't know how things normally work in it, such as ongoing flame wars, > etc., and 2) I'd also be interested in gathering people's feedback and > interpretations of the bad behavior they have seen.) > > An example would be someone saying, "You should know x, y, and z" in response > to someone who identifies as a newbie and has a very basic question. The > newbie is asking for help and someone else essentially calls them stupid for > not knowing about the topic. > > I promise to keep all posts confidential, as well as your communications to > me about them. (If I publicized any of that information, I would myself be > publicly shaming people for being stupid, and that is the opposite of what I > am trying to accomplish here.) I intend to anonymize feedback, removing > information about people, topics, the particular listserv, etc. > > To avoid spamming the list with this project, please send your response to > juliecswierc...@gmail.com<mailto:juliecswierc...@gmail.com>. Also, if you > are interested in the project, please communicate with me through that email > address, since I feel this is off-topic for the list. > > Thanks very much. > > Julie > > ------ > > Julie C. Swierczek > Digital Asset Manager and Archivist > > Harvard Art Museums > 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 > www.harvardartmuseums.org<http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/>
