Theos-Talk Archives (April 2009 Message tt00243)

In online groups there are often members coming from very different backgrounds and philosophical inclinations. In physical groups this diversity is less. In online groups diversity is more and opinions of members differ widely. Because of these differences, in online forums chances of clashing of opinions are more. It makes group verbal battlefield. Majority people avoid battles, whether verbal or physical or of any other kind. To avoid battles they may simply watch. 
In all online groups we see that only few individuals participate regularly and confidently. Out of four hundred members there may be only thirty members who dare to write in groups.
Best
Anand Gholap

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Anand" <AnandGholap@...> wrote:
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> There is also one more factor. If a members sends messages, and if they are not of good quality, other members tend to ignore such posts. So a member might send messages to the group and will get no response from others. This is embarrassing for that member and he/she will stop writing messages.
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> --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Anand" <AnandGholap@> wrote:
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> > To participate in online forums, person needs courage and confidence in his writing skill and knowledge. There are many members who are not confident of their knowledge and so they avoid writing and looking ignorant. They prefer to simply watch, just as in any physical meetings many people fear to talk. 
> > We can see that those who talk here are in Theosophy for very long time, have some confidence about what they write and have good English.
> > Just as in physical meeting many people fear to talk, in online forums also many people fear to talk. This is what I feel one reason for non-participation. In future also I think only small percentage of people will talk in forums. This small bunch consists of people who are confident about their writing skill, knowledge and have thick skin. Thick skin enables one to continue participation despite attacks from other members. If a person does not have thick skin, after two three embarrassing experiences he/she will stop writing in online groups.
> > Best
> > Anand Gholap
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> > --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, MKR <mkr777@> wrote:
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> > > Looks like more publicity is needed. One more thing. For anyone one to
> > > participate and speak their mind, needs very great courage and not be afraid
> > > of sacred cows. Lack of participation from other english speaking countries
> > > is also very marginal. This will change due to the young population growing
> > > up in the Internet environment.
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> > > I have been around computers and Internet for a while and was aware of the
> > > great potential power of the online forums. It was proved beyond anyone's
> > > doubt during the the last year's election and the subsequent coup attempt.
> > > But for the Internet, we may have seen the start of the pralaya of TS as we
> > > know it.
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> > > MKR
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> > > On 4/20/09, Anand <AnandGholap@> wrote:
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> > > > There is also one more interesting thing. India has around half the
> > > > membership of TS. From these there is hardly any member who participates in
> > > > online groups on Theosophy. Why is that so? That means not just officers,
> > > > but even ordinary members from India are not participating in online groups.
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