[Air-l] Craigslist Demographics

Ellis Godard egodard at csun.edu
Fri Sep 1 10:26:22 PDT 2006


An important strand of substantive conversations throughout this list's
history has concerned terminology (academic and popular) to describe
Internet services.

-eg

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Cornwell [mailto:jrc at tcfir.org] 
> Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 9:11 PM
> To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org; ellis.godard at csun.edu
> Subject: RE: [Air-l] Craigslist Demographics
> 
> 
> 
> Dear Ellis,
> 
> Could you please explain to me your purpose in the "List 
> Serve"/"listserv" bit?
> 
> I've unsubscribed from the AOIR listserv in part because of 
> this exchange. The other reason is that in two weeks I've see 
> a bunch of cross-posting, a good number of questions posted 
> that no one has bothered to even acknowledge and a discussion 
> of privacy and property that I could have had with my IP 
> lawyer. I have yet to see one substantive conversation about 
> the Internet... a subject which I would have thought would be 
> near and dear to a group calling itself the Association of 
> Internet Researchers. The archives are only moderately better. *sigh*
> 
> Whatever.
> 
> Be well,
> Jonathan Cornwell
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l- 
> > bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Ellis Godard
> > Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 7:54 PM
> > To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
> > Subject: Re: [Air-l] Craigslist Demographics
> > 
> > I've seen newbies use "listserv", an appropriation of 
> LSoft's product 
> > name akin to informal use of Band-Aid, Levi's, Coke, Kleenex, and 
> > Clorox.
> > 
> > But I've never seen "the List Serve" (two words, 
> capitalized, with an 
> > added
> > "e") and am surprised to be introduced to it by an AoIR member and 
> > director of a Center for Internet Research. Is that common in 
> > Colorado, or in business circles, or among commercial 
> Centers? Or am 
> > *I* the newbie?
> > 
> > Curious indeed.
> > 
> > -eg
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org 
> > > [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Dr. W. Reid 
> > > Cornwell
> > > Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 3:50 PM
> > > To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org; 'KQ-AMAZON'
> > > Subject: Re: [Air-l] Craigslist Demographics
> > >
> > >
> > > This is quite rude. You must have had a bad day.
> > >
> > > I was simply offering some support to a young researcher on his 
> > > first visit to the List Serve. You've given him an 
> introduction as 
> > > well.
> > >
> > > If you really think this was a "juicy" story you should 
> get a life.
> > >
> > > I noticed that you didn't sign your email. Curious
> > >
> > > Reid Cornwell
> > 
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