In article <FF6AB92D97A23A409701CDBF66F03FCD2A5AB346 at 505fuji>,
Ian King <IanK at vulcan.com> writes:
The same
experience exists today, its called the 'net. Whether its
mailing lists, or comp.lang.c++, or a blog, the social interaction is
still there -- its just not mediated by a dead tree magazine. [...]
I disagree, and that's part of my original comment. That 'mediation'
you denigrate
Please don't pretend you know what I'm saying better than I do. I
neither praised nor condemned the mediation through a dead tree
magazine, I simply stated it as such.
There are enough interactions on the net that you can pick and choose
the ones that have the signal/noise ratio you like. In fact,
comp.lang.c++ is moderated, so you're unlikely to get just any
goofball shooting off his mouth.
Pretending that the net is *only* unfiltered voices of dubious quality
is the kind of retort I'd expect from an idiot like Dan Rather who
lambasted all the bloggers "in their pajamas" who caught him red
handed trying to pass off a fraud as journalism.
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