Not all trolls are bad (Stories from the Moominland come to mind). Not all "spoilers" are mean. I suspect that the tribe mentality exists anywhere where people can define themselves as "us" versus "them" regardless of the means by which exchanges occur. Evan among trolls themselves. Jarek
From: "Rosanna Tarsiero" <rosanna@gionnethics.com> Reply-To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org To: <air-l@listserv.aoir.org>, <drseskow@cox.net> Subject: Re: [Air-l] groups Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 23:39:03 +0200
Steve,
So that you know...
You asked: "I feel that you are grading me, paragraph by paragraph."
It happens *very* frequently in listserv involved in research of *any* kind.... in virtual communities of practice of researchers, the "peer-to-peer" spirit is a weird one. It's an egalitarian one among experts, it's a top-down one between an expert and a newbie (instantly defined "troll" if s/he doesn't conform to the top-down part of the norm).
Oddly, this is a tribal aspect of communities of researchers. Participants post in a given way, with a given lingo (not discussing, but putting references interspersed in what they write as if they were writing an article), and honor and recognition are highly valued.
It's particularly interesting to see online exchanges because they make the tribe apparent.
Rosanna
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