[meteorite-list] What?! & now FACEBOOK

From: Dave Gheesling <dave_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 23:01:44 -0500
Message-ID: <9196FF048BD54766907FD78ACC0C0991_at_meteorroom>

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-----
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[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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