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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Suma who wrote (100825)	4/9/2005 2:35:09 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

Just start it, and let people post things- and keep it kind, I think that is all that is needed. Plenty of people will want to share about their religions (or lack thereof)- and if they do it nicely, what a great benefit that would be.

To: Suma who wrote (100825)	4/9/2005 2:55:07 PM
From: cosmicforce	Respond to of 108807

Most people know what they believe, but the ones who continue to develop their knowledge are the most interesting. There can be personal growth through the sharing of viewpoints. The internet can be a great way to do it, however.... It is difficult to discuss religion and philosophical thought and there are threads that are just hotbeds for unipolar thought. The idea of moderation is repugnant to most people, until you see the absence of it. The public Yahoo newsgroups are what happens without moderation. I used to be very active on Usenet, but then, it was taken over by bulk postings by pornographers. Only academic threads were moderated. There was always an element of "trolling" but most people wouldn't go to the topics where that was the case. In the mid 1990's (about the time SI was founded) there was increase in the type and variety of people with access and many who weren't very sophisticated in their posting to start to move into cyberspace. There was always an anti-"newbie" elitism which I fought against - I hoped for the best. However, there was a whole new element that felt empowered to join in - the AOL crowd. There were so MANY people with aol.com email addresses that just didn't seem very informed about the polite rules of engagement that many people would filter them out.... After months of the invasion and decline, I found SI provided at least some sense of duty to keep from being like the alt.* threads of Usenet. People weren't initially allowed to get rude, follow people around and were punished or even ejected for it. SI has been sold several times, and this level of managerial involvement no longer became a top priority. The quality of the posts has dropped as a result.