[meteorite-list] What?! & now FACEBOOK

From: Gary Fujihara <fujmon_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:24:19 -1000
Message-ID: <43CC7E48-1B44-4E97-AAD5-10AE774BD390_at_mac.com>

Roger that Greg! For those on the metlist who are not on Facebook, you may want to consider checking it out. You control which friends you interact with. Don't like so-and-so? Don't friend him. Simple. On the other hand, there are a lot of meteorite people on facebook, including hunters, dealers, collectors and scientists from all over the world ... ah ya even Morocco (yay!). And its a great way to share information, pictures, video, etc through posts, and has a chat function for (near) real-time conversations.

gary

On Mar 10, 2011, at 6:10 PM, Greg Hupe wrote:

> HI Dave and List,
>
> I have only been on facebook since December after a couple years of prodding by friends. I didn't know if I would like it at all and thought of it years ago as some sort of gossip mill. I was completely wrong about that thought and I rather like it, quite a bit! I agree with Dave as far as it being self regulating, one only needs to see their own face next to their writings and make instant changes if desired. Pretty much anything goes, you see some real personalities come out. Some shocking, but most not... just a pretty cool place after all!
>
> Best Regards,
> Greg
>
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> -----Original Message----- From: Dave Gheesling
> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 11:01 PM
> To: 'Walter Branch' ; 'Meteorite Central'
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] What?! & now FACEBOOK
>
> 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-----
> From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
> [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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Gary Fujihara
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