E L E C T R O N I C M E S S A G E Date: 09-Jun-1993 03:29pm EDT From: Stephen Hart HARTS2 Level: Post-secondary/University Tel No: 904-644-4839 TO: Remote Addressee ( _jnet%filmus-l@iubvm ) TO: Remote Addressee ( _jnet%screen-l@ua1vm ) Subject: flame wars My colleague asked me to forward the following to you. Remember, please respond to her address directly, not to the list, and certainly not to me! Of course, we are not given to "flame wars", are we? Stephen Hart HARTS2@firnvx E L E C T R O N I C M E S S A G E Date: 09-Jun-1993 03:26pm EDT From: Randye L. Jones JONESR Level: Post-Secondary/University Tel No: 904/644-4839 TO: Stephen Hart ( HARTS2 ) Subject: netters' behavior & flame wars E L E C T R O N I C M E S S A G E Date: 09-Jun-1993 02:22pm EDT From: Randye L. Jones JONESR Level: Post-Secondary/University Tel No: 904/644-4839 TO: Remote Addressee ( [log in to unmask] ) TO: Remote Addressee ( [log in to unmask] ) TO: Remote Addressee ( [log in to unmask]@smtp ) TO: Remote Addressee ( [log in to unmask] ) TO: Remote Addressee ( [log in to unmask] ) TO: Remote Addressee ( [log in to unmask]@smtp ) TO: Remote Addressee ( [log in to unmask] ) TO: Remote Addressee ( [log in to unmask]@smtp ) TO: Remote Addressee ( [log in to unmask]@smtp ) Subject: Netters' behavior & flame wars (*not list specific*) friends, In the months since being introduced to electronic mail, I have subscribed to a number of lists, from unmoderated discussion list to moderated scholar-oriented lists. In that time, I've noticed that no matter how lofty the purpose for the lists, almost all have engaged in flame wars of various degrees of severity. This has raised a question which I hope you won't mind me posing to all of you. What impact does e-mail have on your psyche as a user? Do you find that your behavior changes, for better or worse, because of the relative anonymity e-mail provides? Studies have been done on changes in personalities when behind the wheel of an automobile, but has anyone done one related to e-mail? If you have any responses, please send them to me at the address below and not to the list. If you would like a summary of the responses, I would be glad to send it to you. I ask for pardon for slipping away from your list's usual topics; however, if you feel you must flame me anyway, please send it to me and not to the list. Randye L. Jones Graduate Student/Historical Musicology Sr. Library Technical Assistant/Strozier Library The Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32306 a.k.a "the vulcan lyre" e-mail: [log in to unmask] (send to THIS address)