I like it there because its much smaller, and therefore definitely feels like a community. Hence why everyone acts generally behaved. Everyone pretty much listens to (okay, reads) what the other has to say, and its seems apparent that most think before they say, and the discussion that spring forth are a clear cut indication of this.

Meanwhile on the GAF, there’s lots of people, too much people really. It can be impossible to be noticed, hence why some have to resorted to “tactics” for attention. Or simply in the rush of getting a point across, one will use abbreviated phrases. And I have to admit, I have done the same when posting at the GAF; since I know so many people are talking at once, I tend to keep my answer short and sweet, while on the IC, there’s breathing room to pontificate.

But I have noticed that folks who crave attention in real life by seeking it online set their aims towards another large community, and proceed to make a spectacle of themselves. And once they get some sort of attention, they then become extremely invested with the forum at an emotional level. Whereas people on the IC, where everyone knows your name, seem to have lives of their own. There’s definitely a correlation there.

Also, its not really going to be a focus of my book, but I will be touching upon message board behavior for an panel discussion at ICON in the next few weeks. It was a really hot topic last year, and I expect more of the same (and will probably use this latest example, plus other recent ones).

Information to share with my MB, and stuff.

I really don’t see how you could plagarize off a MB though. Theres a difference between a discussion and a lecture.