dear tim o'reilly

[rone]

It's not bad enough that you people have badly reinvented Usenet as "Web 2.0", but now you're trying to reinvent netiquette, too.  It's a clever idea that completely ignores the reality of online interaction.

“I take back what I said earlier.  There were a couple of taunting profanities right after my last comment, and I thought, "who needs this?" and deleted them.”  These words are yours, and they immediately show why a "Code of Conduct" is a joke.  PEOPLE OF THE BOGOSPHERE: the Internet is labeled "HERE BE DRAGYNS".  Proceed with caution.  If you control an area of discussion, CONTROL IT.  Codes of conduct are for country clubs and shopping malls.

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I like "bogosphere", because you can read it two ways: "bogo-sphere", which conveys its bogosity; and "bog-o-sphere", which conveys its being a bog (in the English slang sense).

Comments

Country Clubs

[mononeuron.livejournal.com]

> Codes of conduct are for country clubs and shopping malls.

Bullshit.

cf: Rodney Dangerfield (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001098/) and Chevy Chase (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000331/) in "Caddy Shack" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080487/)

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

"Caddyshack" is so overrated. I think it's just a product of the era, and simply hasn't aged well.