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Re: Disappointing take-up of Gather.Town

Rich Kulawiec <rsk@gsp.org> Thu, 27 August 2020 08:42 UTC

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Subject: Re: Disappointing take-up of Gather.Town
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On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 12:30:56PM +0100, Adrian Farrel wrote:
> Or are we all really just antisocial?

Some people, perhaps many people, are -- which is why it's a tactical
error for the IETF to construct processes or hold events that attempt to
force those people into social situations.   Just as physical meetings
are a terrible idea, because they discriminate heavily in favor of those
people with wealth and privilege, forced social activity is a terrible
idea because it discriminates heavily in favor of people who have the
luxury of participation and the desire to do so.

---rsk

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