One of the things that has both amused and annoyed me in the past 2 months is that there has been humongously more discussion on this list about all the services that someone should provide -- for free and without any effort by the person sending the message -- and hardly any discussion of real research. I'm basically going to stop reading this list until it gets back to its purpose. This is the Association of Internet RESEARCHERS, after all. Given the very uneven quality of the papers I've heard at AoIR conferences, I would urge that efforts be turned towards doing good research. In frustration, 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 _____________________________________________________________________