I'm no expert in this area of inquiry, but perhaps a "different user name" is not a viable option becuase users have built up social or cultural capital in their existing identity, and it would prove too costly to re-establish that. -michael zimmer Joao Cunha wrote:
What I thought was more interesting was not the banning per se but how people mourned it and the attempt to have a petition to unban this person (although he/she could have used a different user name). The first link on my message is a self explanation of why this person was banned.
Cheers
-Joao
-----Original Message----- From: air-l-aoir.org-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-aoir.org-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of DattaKaurK@aol.com Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 5:12 PM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] Petition to unban
Joao,
Yes, the 'banning' could be very interesting to online community researchers. Any clue why he was banned?
Datta Kaur Khalsa LLC PhD program University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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