I'm glad that I started such an interesting debate. But Jeremy, I don't believe you really think that every utterance at the AOIR should be treated as a public utterance, even if 1:1 over coffee or sitting next to each other at a session, or 1:dinner table at banquet. I know you and I have had chats that should remain just that: chats. Moreover, I don't believe that we should warn everyone when we speak informally that netiquette means that you can't publish what I said. I will not go around and get waivers at every coffee break, nor will I expect bloggers to wear cautionary yellow armbands. While I am at it: Note that the custom of archiving listservs has bifurcated email. There is private email -- which is tacky to pass around, altho almost all of us do some of this with discretion -- and there is publicly accessible email -- such as this archived list that is available to all on the web. While archiving is valuable to go bck and get some info on conferences and bon mots, I often wonder if: the potential for harm from indiscriminate comments is greater than the gain. archiving holds back some frank discussion. Barry _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 To network is to live; to live is to network _____________________________________________________________________