Posted by gardenergirl on October 3, 2006, at 16:32:45
In reply to Re: It's not going to be like the prefect's carria, posted by alexandra_k on October 3, 2006, at 11:13:10
> > The prefect's carriage (and prefects bathroom) were sort of privileges granted to prefects in Harry Potter.
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> Like how restricted chat is a sort of priviledge granted to deputies?It's a tool, alex. It's not the only one. It's no different from email, listservs, IM's, phone calls, conference calls, etc. It's just a different medium. If you'd like to use "privilege" versus "tools", that's up to you. Either way, it's still about deputies having what they need to best fulfill the obligations we volunteered to take on. Is a firefighter "privileged" to have access to water? If she also has access to infrared imaging to aid in locating victims inside a burning building, is she a "privileged" firefighter? Or is she outfitted well by the department so she can best do her job? (In no way am I equating the importance of firefighters with being a deputy...just a metaphor).
> > Harry felt left out when Ron and Hermione went to sit in the prefect's carriage
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> Like how people might feel left out when the deputies go to restricted chat?Feeling left out sucks. I don't know what else to say about this that wouldn't be some sort of platitude or would seem otherwise invalidating.
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> > At any rate, a deputy chat room, the equivilant of a prefect carriage, is not what this is.
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> It isn't? So non-prefects (deputies) can go there too can they?I'm going to assume that's a rhetorical question. Not having read or watched any Harry Potter (gasp!), I have no idea whether it is or isn't equivalent to a prefect's carriage. I do know that it's a space on the internet where members of a group can go to communicate with each other in real(ish) time. One of a gazillion (exaggeration for effect-- I'm not about to start counting). It is what it is, and it isn't what it isn't. And as a mostly "empty space", I suppose it's ambiguous enough for multiple interpretations and assumptions.
So is the issue that the members of a group communicate with each other privately? That's not okay? Or that a "place" exists where not everyone can go? Something else?
> > As gg says, it's more of a conference room.
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> Oh. So if we call it 'conference room' instead of 'gated community' instead of 'private chat' instead of 'exclusive chat' instead of 'small group' instead of 'prefects carriage' then that makes it completely different?What do you think, alex? Are you saying there's no difference at all between those different terms? Is there anything inherently wrong with the existence of any of those?
You and I have had private chats. Via email. Via private messages. Via telephone. Was there something wrong with that? Were we being exclusive? Private? Did it indicate something about anyone else that you and I chose to speak privately?
> I was pissed...
I hear that you were/are pissed, even if I don't understand it.
> Kind of like following the link to restricted chat and finding BAM! One can't enter? How much of a 'less than joyful welcoming' is that?
Ouch. That would be aggravating. It doesn't say anything about being restricted until you try to enter?
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> > Prior experience already would seem to suggest that there should only be one room.
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> One room, or two?sigh, why does it always take me so danged long to compose replies to you?
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