Re: Virtual large groups » Dr. Bob

Posted by verne on September 9, 2004, at 23:25:58

In reply to Virtual large groups, posted by Dr. Bob on September 9, 2004, at 17:54:31

I've seen mobs and subgroups in action on message boards - real power struggles. They love to gang up on the unsuspecting visitor, usually with withering sarcasm, ridicule, and self-congratulatory wit - just within the site's terms of agreement.
Any visitor that challenges the alpha group's dominance, in any way, is put in their place with an immediate gang tackle. It becomes obvious that a message board isn't all that different from real life.
That said, I think Dr Bob is a pioneer when it comes to cyber civility and riding "herd" on a message board. Sort of the Wittgenstein of the Language of Civility.
Verne

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