[WikiEN-l] Arbcom

[K P]

> > on 10/14/07 6:57 PM, William Pietri at william at scissor.com wrote:
>
....
> >
> > Don't get me wrong; I'm a big advocate of treating any vaguely serious
> > contributor with respect. But in trying to build open communities on the
> > Internet, you have to be prepared for people who are looking to vent,
> > who come with an agenda, or who are just so lacking in clue that they
> > are unable to make any useful contribution. If you don't give them an
> > outlet, they'll just cram their opinions into any input field or email
> > inbox they can find, disrupting normal business. And heck, some of them
> > will get a clue eventually, so it's best to involve them in ways that
> > help with that.
> >
> >
> William,
>
" But in trying to build open communities on the
> Internet, you have to be prepared for people who are looking to vent,
> who come with an agenda, or who are just so lacking in clue that they
> are unable to make any useful contribution. If you don't give them an
> outlet, they'll just cram their opinions into any input field or email
> inbox they can find, disrupting normal business. "

Sounds just like meetings at my last brick and mortar job.  Oh, that I
wish these folks were confined to cyberspace--I could then just get a
job in the real world and never come in contact with them.

KP
> My "off-line intuitions"?
>
> The quality of a culture is greatly reflected in the quality of its language
> - "on-line" or off.
>
> Marc
>
>
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