[Air-l] Petition to unban

[Michael Zimmer]

I'm no expert in this area of inquiry, but perhaps a "different user 
name" is not a viable option becuase users have built up social or 
cultural capital in their existing identity, and it would prove too 
costly to re-establish that.

-michael zimmer


Joao Cunha wrote:
> What I thought was more interesting was not the banning per se but how
> people mourned it and the attempt to have a petition to unban this person
> (although he/she could have used a different user name). The first link on
> my message is a self explanation of why this person was banned.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> -Joao
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: air-l-aoir.org-bounces at listserv.aoir.org
> [mailto:air-l-aoir.org-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of
> DattaKaurK at aol.com
> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 5:12 PM
> To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
> Subject: Re: [Air-l] Petition to unban
> 
> 
>>Joao,
>>
> 
> Yes, the 'banning' could be very interesting to online community
> researchers. 
>   Any clue why he was banned?
> 
> Datta Kaur Khalsa
> LLC PhD program
> University of Maryland, Baltimore County
> 
> 
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Michael T. Zimmer
Doctoral Candidate, Media Ecology
Department of Culture and Communication
New York University
http://www.nyu.edu/education/culturecomm/