[meteorite-list] What?! & now FACEBOOK

[Greg Hupe]

HI Dave and List,

I have only been on facebook since December after a couple years of prodding 
by friends. I didn't know if I would like it at all and thought of it years 
ago as some sort of gossip mill. I was completely wrong about that thought 
and I rather like it, quite a bit! I agree with Dave as far as it being self 
regulating, one only needs to see their own face next to their writings and 
make instant changes if desired. Pretty much anything goes, you see some 
real personalities come out. Some shocking, but most not... just a pretty 
cool place after all!

Best Regards,
Greg

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Greg Hupe
The Hupe Collection
gmhupe at centurylink.net
www.LunarRock.com
IMCA 3163
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-----Original Message----- 
From: Dave Gheesling
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 11:01 PM
To: 'Walter Branch' ; 'Meteorite Central'
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] What?! & now FACEBOOK

Great points Walter, and there's a large group of us who have been guilty of
same over the years.  It's been interesting of late to watch the groundswell
of meteorite community activity on FACEBOOK -- and how that "more personal"
environment evidently mitigates, substantially, foot-in-mouth syndrome.  The
list will always be the list, and a wonderful thing it is.  Yet it's amazing
what having one's face next to every post seems to do to the general dynamic
there.  Anyone else noticed that...?
All best,
Dave
www.fallingrocks.com

-----Original Message-----
From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Walter
Branch
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 9:41 PM
To: Meteorite Central
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] What?!!!

Hello Michael and List,

Your apology was forthright and sincere.  Kudos to you.

I have also put my foot in my mouth many times over the years on this list
and I should know better.  From recent memory, I owe apologies to Bill
Mason, Sonny Clary Geoff Notkin, and the entire Jet propulsion laboratory.

I am sure there are others.

Depersonalization is what is it called and what we have to guard against.
It is so easy to type on a keyboard then hit "send."  Too easy.  Easier than
regular mail.  We write things we would never say in public, not realizing
that we literally are writing to a world-wide public audience.

To no one in particular and at the risk of sounding paternalisitc (not
meanding to) I often tell my patients, "just because you CAN do something
doesn't mean you SHOULD.  With the privilge comes responsilbity. Don't
exercise responsibility and you lose the privlige.

Anyway, off soapbox now.  Kudos again to you.  Hope to read more of your
posts soon.

-Walter Branch

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