On Thu, 08 Feb 2001 07:41:47 -0800
Chuq Von Rospach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 2/8/01 6:21 AM, "Margaret Levine Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>> The same thing has happened with list management that has
>> happened in other parts of Internet usage -- we moved from a
>> small cadre of computer-savvy, relatively experienced folks to a
>> cross-section of humanity.
> The priesthood is dead. That's a good thing.
It also has its downsides. I prefer the new 'net, but I admired the
old one.
> Egroups (now yahoogroups) is the online KOA campground for all
> this stuff, but that's not bad, either. People like to put it
> down, and it has its issues, but it enables a lot of people who
> can't afford a Hilton....
I'm not a fan of deliberate ghetto-sation (sp?), even if
commercially sound/viable.
>> Okay, so they need a lot of education.
> But who's stepped up to educate?
There are two sides to that question, with the first being the
largest source of upset when the great unwashed invaded the 'net:
They did not take advantage of the material already present,
documented, catalogued, and prepared precisely so that individuals
could and would educate themselves.
Instead, they expected the second side of the question: Someone to
take it upon themselves to teach them rather than they themselves
taking the initiative.
It is of course an impossible expectation given human nature. The
problem is that it was also not an unreasonable expectation given
the extant population..
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J C Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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