Griefers and those who have anger that want to destroy things exist in online cultures, too. There are those who become emotionally involved and stalk folks. Immature players that like to grandstand and irritate people..
How do you deal with these?
I agree, a small community has less problems. It is all a matter of scale, though.
In reall life there have been many experiements in self-regulation and it is seen in many forms in extended families, remote communities and such. The online community is made of of the same folks. granted, a subset of humanity that is connected online and part of the industrialized world and having enough wealth to afford a computer and have the lesiure time to persue online activities is a sub sub set. When it gets down to is, the early adopters and independant types are a self-regulating type of group. While a group is small, there is little need for social management. When it gets bigger the dynamics will change.
Griefers and those who have
Sat, 05/23/2009 - 22:28 — Insight HomewoodGriefers and those who have anger that want to destroy things exist in online cultures, too. There are those who become emotionally involved and stalk folks. Immature players that like to grandstand and irritate people..
How do you deal with these?
I agree, a small community has less problems. It is all a matter of scale, though.
In reall life there have been many experiements in self-regulation and it is seen in many forms in extended families, remote communities and such. The online community is made of of the same folks. granted, a subset of humanity that is connected online and part of the industrialized world and having enough wealth to afford a computer and have the lesiure time to persue online activities is a sub sub set. When it gets down to is, the early adopters and independant types are a self-regulating type of group. While a group is small, there is little need for social management. When it gets bigger the dynamics will change.