Ouch. Though, I feel less pinched than the poor slob who got caught requesting "personal services".
:) - Vinit > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of ss > Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 8:30 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [silk] Silk in evolution? > > Personal observations here. I do not intend to hurt anybody's feelings. > > Silk is, after all, primarily a circle of FoU. U always said he was a > collector of interesting people and what I have seen and read on Silk > certainly proves that. > > But it seems to me that a circle of friends always has the effect of > increasing the "comfort zone" over time, after which guards drop and we > start > getting more "personal". > > I refer in passing to the index page of Silk that supposedly advertises > the > list: > > silklist -- Intelligent Conversation > > About silklist : > silk-list is a place to have knowledgable, civil and most of all, > _fun_ > conversations about technology, philosophy, culture and whatever else > we want > to talk about. We have only two rules: no ad hominem, and no spam. > > Time was when conversations tended to be relatively highbrow and > intense. > But don't; people think that we have now broken a particular barrier in > being "comfortable as home" on silk - and that is reflected in the > topics > that have started appearing on Silk? For example: > > * Sponsor request for club membership > * Laptop repair info requested > * Phone repair information requested > * Old coin sales info requested > * Personal services info requested > > Nothing wrong in these things, but I think that this is not in keeping > with > the Silk list that used to be. > > I re-iterate my disclaimer. No insult or hurt intended to anyone. > > shiv > > > > >
