Insane expectations

[azurelunatic]

Because I was brought into the world of the Internet largely through the List (email counterpart of lmbujold, high-volume) I got unreasonably high expectations of the 'net.

People use correct and lovely language online; peer pressure keeps this as a standard. Netspeak is, at most, included as one would include loan-words from a foreign language, and is barely present. No one bashes or flames, and if they do, the Wrath of the List is brought down upon them. (Never piss off a restrained and polite Englishman.) Links are relevant and/or interesting. Comments are well-thought-out and insightful, witty, delightful, interesting, hilarious, and so forth. Excessive quoting and forwarding is frowned upon, along with signatures longer than three or four lines, by order of the Quote Pixie. Birthdays are happily celebrated with fanfare, and people in trouble have someone to turn to for advice.

Intelligence and companionship, a pleasant discussion, above all, is prized. Run-on paragraphs are rare. Lack of capitalization is... mostly rare. Discussion of US politics is banned. (If you can cast it on Barrayar or Beta, you can discuss it... there. Forex, Steady Freddy, who no one voted for.)

I love it there, and I wish the rest of the net were a little more like it.

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[juuro.livejournal.com]

Hear, hear!