If we didn't have rules mandating civility and no personal attacks, things
would be much worse.
On 1/1/07, Fred Bauder <fredbaud(a)waterwiki.info> wrote:
'As a Web 2.0 site or a blog becomes more popular, a growing percentage of
its reader contributions devolve into vitriol, backstabbing and name-calling
(not to mention Neanderthal spelling and grammar). Participants address each
other as "idiot" and "moron" (and worse) the way correspondents of
old might
have used "sir" or "madam."'
"One thing is clear, however: the uncivil participants are driving away
the civil ones. The result is an acceleration of the cycle, and an
increasing proportion of hostile remarks."
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/31/weekinreview/31pogue.html
Fred
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