Re: GEN: LM_NET not "sad, lonely world in cyberspace"

[Ken Umbach <kumbach@UNLIMITED.NET>]

Welllllll ... I do personally know people whose lives have been, shall we
say, severely complicated (read: damaged) by online activities.  I will not
name names, but these are first-hand acquaintances.

By the same token, I know people (self included) who have found tremendous
value in Internet activity and who have made valued acquaintances and
friendships through Internet communications.  I emphatically include among
that value and those friendships my involvement in LM_NET, but also much
more beyond that.

It is a pathetic commentary on the press that a statistically crapulous (can
I say that here?) report would get the sort of prominent play that it has.
But their job is to sell newspapers, not necessarily to convey accurate
information.

Seeya ...

Ken


At 09:12 AM 8/31/98 EDT, you wrote:
>Jo, et al:
>
>Yes, I did see the "disclaimer" re the statistical evidence, and
>wondered about it -- esp. that the NYTimes still thought the
...
>BTW:  I suspect we've all met people who tell you they know
>someone whose life was"ruined" by the internet, etc.
>Turns out they never really can give you  names. . . .
...
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