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Hoping for more signal and less noise.

Greetings all. I wasn't a member of "that other site," but thought this one sounded interesting.

I'm an engineer and patent attorney, and was using the Internet before the web was a thing. Even in USENET times, it seemed that many online gatherings quickly gave way to our worse instincts--flame wars, cliquishness, general self-centeredness, and other nonsense.

I'm curious as to whether it's actually possible to build a true sense of community online, where I define "community" to mean something more than the collection of individual egos involved. Respect, camaraderie, even--dare it be hoped--caring about others at least as much as oneself.

Let's see if the Nth time's the charm.

9 years ago by atxdweller with 3 comments

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  • Autumnal (edited 9 years ago)
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    Heya! Oh, I was around Usenet times, but I never got a chance to use it. I started with a teensy local BBS system, but from there to AOL, etcetcetc.

    I'm liking it here so far, my days feel better not looking at people argue on a website.

    Edit: Oh, and welcome :D

  • oystein
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    According to physics, noise is random while signal is not. You just have to repeat what you're saying until the signal shines through :-D

  • redalastor
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    I'd say that this is what reddit was in its first three years of existence (it's ten years old now) so it's certainly something possible.