On Feb 2, 9:33 pm, "Mike" wrote:
Truth is that many folks you might consider a**holes online, are usually
nice folks in person. The anonymity of the internet brings out the worst in
some people. Maybe it's pent up agression from home or work... it doesn't
really matter.

I've been involved "online" since 1983, starting as a member of Compuserve
and GeNie, then later as a staff member, then sysop, on a very popular
C'serve forum. I met quite a few folks as a result of my sysop duties. My
experience is that the biggest blowhards online, are generally the opposite
in person. Of course, there *are* exceptions to every rule, and I've seen
that as well g Funny thing, is that the reverse can be true as well. One
fellow, that I got along very well with "online" turned out to be a HUGE
butthead in person. Haven't talked to him since...

I never was involved with Compuserve, but I was a sysop for the CTPC
BBS
loop and ran a huge BBS on the old PC BBS system back then. I also
had
a node set up on the ARS Packet Relay Net with the Internet through
UCONN
which cost me a bundle in phone charges in those days. I also ran a
BBS
consortium and had sysop priviledges on the old Channel One system in
Boston which my brother was involved in.

Those were the fun days. I can remember sitting up for hours at night
testing
relay junctions for email - I still remember getting a straight
through route
from Woodstock to San Diego to San Francisco - took me all night and
Mrs.
Wave was not happy with me as I get grumpy if I don't get decent
rest. :)

Remember typing in all those addresses in the email for routing?