Trolls from the New Republic

[Kelley]

At 10:01 PM 11/1/01 -0500, Aaron Page wrote:
>Ah... Well, my bad. Just joined the list recently--I guess I 
>underestimated the level of snarkiness in force here. Even coming from the 
>list administrator.
>
>I suppose I read the original post as more frustrated than hostile (though 
>certainly a little hostile). Certainly I thought it was seriously asking 
>for a response, for a debate. The fact that no one even considered 
>engaging the man on his points is probably a function of the fact that 
>this has become something of a private space, one that doesn't take well 
>to strangers, differing views, etc.

ahh, doing research for a story as to whether Cass Sunstein's book is 
accurate or not.

geez, that guy was clearly a troll.

the problem with trying to discern what people think from mailing list 
archives is that most people tend not to discuss too much what they 
take-for-granted. their shared assumptions are rarely fleshed out. instead, 
mailing lists tend to be where we discuss where we differ. that's true of 
social life in general, but _very_ true of mailing lists.

kelley