[Sigia-l] Five questions about the future of this community

[david_fiorito at vanguard.com]

1. No.  The atmosphere here does not encourage me to participate.
2. No.  This list belongs to an organization that sponsors one of the 
greatest professional conferences yet the list does not even begin to 
mirror that greatness.
3. No.  Trolls kill threads thus discouraging new threads from forming. 
The only answer to a troll is the presence of a moderator.
4. No.  This community has shown that it can generate great ideas through 
its coming together at the IA Summit.  Here on this list its just a shadow 
of its true self.
5. No.  The true character of this community comes to the fore at the IA 
Summit.  That conference has done more for my professional development 
than any course work or study.  The IA Summit is one of the most 
professional and courteous conferences I have ever attended.  It is those 
two qualities combined with the free exchange of ideas that make the 
Summit so special and it is the lack of those characteristic that makes 
this list nearly worthless by comparison.

Cheers,

Dave





Jesse James Garrett <jjg at jjg.net>
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03/12/2004 01:28 AM

 
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        Subject:        [Sigia-l] Five questions about the future of this community





Is our collective knowledge enriched by an environment in which new 
contributors are discouraged from participating by the prospect of 
being subjected to vitriol and ridicule?

Does it serve the profession to have its premier forum function as a 
junior high debate club where every discussion is framed as an argument 
with winners and losers, and he who has the last word wins?

Does an individual's "right to participate" trump the community's right 
not to have meaningful discussion stifled by knee-jerk antagonism and 
unrelenting bickering?

Are we made stronger by our willingness to look the other way while a 
simple bully runs roughshod over one discussion after another?

Does it reflect our values to have a community that shows so little 
regard for civility and mutual respect?

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