[Air-l] expectations at a conference

[Barry Wellman]

I'm glad that I started such an interesting debate.

But Jeremy,

I don't believe you really think that every utterance at the AOIR should
be treated as a public utterance, even if 1:1 over coffee or sitting next
to each other at a session, or 1:dinner table at banquet.

I know you and I have had chats that should remain just that: chats.

Moreover, I don't believe that we should warn everyone when we speak
informally that netiquette means that you can't publish what I said. I
will not go around and get waivers at every coffee break, nor will I
expect bloggers to wear cautionary yellow armbands.

While I am at it:
Note that the custom of archiving listservs has bifurcated email.

There is private email -- which is tacky to pass around, altho almost all
of us do some of this with discretion -- and there is publicly accessible
email -- such as this archived list that is available to all on the web.

While archiving is valuable to go bck and get some info on conferences
and bon mots,
I often wonder if:

the potential for harm from indiscriminate comments is greater than the
gain.

archiving holds back some frank discussion.

 Barry
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