Comments on: Boundaries and Bubbles http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=146 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 20:31:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rachel http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=146&cpage=1#comment-364 Rachel Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:44:00 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=146#comment-364 My experience, though, is that cyberbullies are generally jerks when you meet them in person as well -- even if they're not as daring ftf. I don't think it's inherent to the medium, but instead that people are people no matter where they interact. My experience, though, is that cyberbullies are generally jerks when you meet them in person as well — even if they’re not as daring ftf. I don’t think it’s inherent to the medium, but instead that people are people no matter where they interact.

]]> By: librarybob http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=146&cpage=1#comment-363 librarybob Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:37:00 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=146#comment-363 Part of this seems to be the edgy nature of online language use. It seems that usenet set the low expectation some people have for civility, calling their own non-civility free speech. <br/><br/>Did you happen to pick up Tim O'Reilly's call for indicating blogs and such that intend to be civil?<br/><br/>http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/04/draft_bloggers_1.html<br/><br/>Libraries, in my view, had best adopt something like this, leastways as expressed "rules of the road." Part of this seems to be the edgy nature of online language use. It seems that usenet set the low expectation some people have for civility, calling their own non-civility free speech.

Did you happen to pick up Tim O’Reilly’s call for indicating blogs and such that intend to be civil?

http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/04/draft_bloggers_1.html

Libraries, in my view, had best adopt something like this, leastways as expressed “rules of the road.”

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