Subj : Re: What do you get out o
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Dr. What
Date : Tue Apr 13 2021 07:43 am

-=> poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Ron Lauzon <=-

 pF> Once people dove in, they had a great time. For the socially timid, it
 pF> was a place to interact with people they already knew and were
 pF> similarly socially challenged.

Yup.  I've been to a few "geek fests" in my day and we really open up
when surrounded by other geeks.

 pF> Online rivalries often cooled when people met face-to-face. I've told
 pF> the story of two of my users who *hated* each other online and ended up
 pF> getting drunk together at the exclusion of almost everyong else, trying
 pF> to convince the other that he was right - but in a loud, friendly way
 pF> for once.

One problem with BBSs is that queues like body language don't translate well.
Also, being with someone in person, who can hit you, tends to dampen things
down.  8)


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