"Zimmer" Time......
Jul. 19th, 2009 08:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mdehnersSometimes I feel like the last Dinosaur most places on-line. There's none of my old friends here...then again, I started on alt-pagan and the BBS system. Even those in the last 15 yrs like Marion, Arlie, Swain and a few others are the exception.
I Know I big reason the others are gone, lack of Respect. In the early days(probably since most folks online we scholarly types of various streams)folks that had been "at it" longer were given at least "Experience Points". Today, you can be a lettered Fellow, been on a particular list/group/whatever since it's Founding and be told in rude tones that you don't know what you're talking about....without pointing out where your Info "is" incorrect. The "Democratization" of the Internet has made "101" level(at best) the standard and all equal, whether you've actually put in time, effort and whatever on a subject....or not.
Most of my lists and groups I'm one of the longest subbed to and with usually yrs of achived "blather" yet most often I get treated as a newbie. Unlike a lot of my friends, I don't take it too personally(even though it's meant to). Probably having been "Out" of both CLosets since the late 70's. Builds Callouses;>.
It doesn't mean that it doesn't get "old". Esp. since general education, at least in the US has dropped since I was in highschool. Basic cultural and literary stuff isn't taught anymore so you can't expect Critical Thinking(or Basic Education) from a lot of the folks under 40 online today. Hardly surprising that so many of us Old FOlks have de-linked from Cybergard. I do know that if I lived in a less Isolated area for both Heathenry and Culture I'd unsub the majority of mine....
Truth,
Pat
I Know I big reason the others are gone, lack of Respect. In the early days(probably since most folks online we scholarly types of various streams)folks that had been "at it" longer were given at least "Experience Points". Today, you can be a lettered Fellow, been on a particular list/group/whatever since it's Founding and be told in rude tones that you don't know what you're talking about....without pointing out where your Info "is" incorrect. The "Democratization" of the Internet has made "101" level(at best) the standard and all equal, whether you've actually put in time, effort and whatever on a subject....or not.
Most of my lists and groups I'm one of the longest subbed to and with usually yrs of achived "blather" yet most often I get treated as a newbie. Unlike a lot of my friends, I don't take it too personally(even though it's meant to). Probably having been "Out" of both CLosets since the late 70's. Builds Callouses;>.
It doesn't mean that it doesn't get "old". Esp. since general education, at least in the US has dropped since I was in highschool. Basic cultural and literary stuff isn't taught anymore so you can't expect Critical Thinking(or Basic Education) from a lot of the folks under 40 online today. Hardly surprising that so many of us Old FOlks have de-linked from Cybergard. I do know that if I lived in a less Isolated area for both Heathenry and Culture I'd unsub the majority of mine....
Truth,
Pat
