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From: "Jon A. Lambert" <jlsysinc@ix.netcom.com>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 00:58:20 -5
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
On 29 Jun 98, Koster, Raph wrote:
> > From: Mike Sellers [SMTP:mike@bignetwork.com]
> > Sent: Friday, June 26, 1998 8:09 PM
> > To: mud-dev@kanga.nu
> > Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun
> >
> > At 04:30 PM 6/26/98 -0500, Dr. Cat wrote:
> > >Raph Koster wrote:
> >
>
> > The topic of wholly created societies
> > does not exist in the literature in any form that speaks to online
> > communities (beyond the level of the likes of Howard Rheingold and
> > Sherry
> > Turkle, which doesn't take us very far). Given that, it's not
> > surprising
> > that a bunch of (here I go again) young white mostly-unmarried male
> > suburbanite refugee designers haven't been able to do it either.
> >
The youth argument is rational and understandable and as a
consequence of youth those that are married would be less common.
I can't quite grasp the logic that being white and male would be
disadvantageous to creating online societies. Are you postulating
that black females will have more success at creating online
societies?
> I think we have to share the blame. For that matter, I don't consider it
> "blame" as such as a plain old recognition of facts. I do not think the
> average Internet gamer who plays a mud is ready for self-governance. I
> also do not think the average real world citizen is fully engaged with
> their local community or participates in THEIR governance either. Did
> you vote in your last local election? I didn't, and thus I am pointing a
> finger at myself as well. I am not saying that I have all the answers.
How do you both define self-governance on muds?
The absence of administration interference? Or something else?
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