Too many Although that would be fixed if Twitter was ever stable. Then we could complain about Microsoft like we used to do in the old days.

Looking forward to meeting you

I’ll be at the MOO party tonight and, with one or two exceptions, won’t know anybody there in meatspace, so I’m interested to see how the evening plays out. Look forward to meeting you later.

Cheers for that.

Yeah but wouldn’t it great if the Egyptians had put the blueprints to the pyramids on the table with a CC license and then Charlton Heston had said “Lemme show you this thing I’ve been working on with parting the Red Sea…”

In the real world so in the virtual. That social networks make it easier I think is debatable. I can still be a mason or a hooligan or a LUGer.

Also Since your out of Moo cards. im adding a blank label to one of mine and donating it to you !

Terence – Earlier in the year I was feeling more confident with the way all this was going thanks to platforms like Seesmic. Much harder to be a dick if you’re on video. Or so I thought.

The darker side of anything is always going to be present. Right now the easiest way to deal with it is to route around. Works fine in the short term, but I’d like to investigate ways to pull that stuff into the light without a)raising its profile and b) starting flame wars or worse.

Tricky subject. Many thanks to Chris for kicking it around some

In the good-old-days, if you were a racist you’d have to contend with the fact that only you and one or two mates thought the same way about foreigners. The weight of the rest of society would probably restrict your “thoughts” on the subject.

Now, you can go and join the BNP’s network and wallow in the filth of what seems like the majority of society. You believe everyone thinks the same way as you.

If you’ve got a socially unacceptable sexual fetish – you can indulge yourself online with a society of Elf-Porn lovers. This can sate your desire or lead you to believe that women really only get turned on by men who mutilate their ears.

What’s needed in all societies is an *external* voice. Your friends and peers and *their* friends and peers can give feedback to disrupt “unhealthy” patterns of behaviour.

But, as with Apple fan-bois, dissenters in any society tend to be rejected fairly swiftly. They either get ejected or leave of their own accord.

Just need to get more people involved then it’s not just me piloting the blog Lots of real life conversation already… just need to get some of that archived here.

Oh and look – you’re FIRST!