Actually, the biggest threat to the health of the list is the increasing
fraction of cynical, self-obsessed diatribes on just what it is/isn't.
These posts create an environment that is increasingly cold and cruel to
those very elements of tentativeness and exploration that is the list's
lifeblood. They do absolutely nothing to further the interests of anyone
on the list (except perhaps the sense of self-importance of the person
who posts them).
We're supposed to be here because we enjoy IDM, variously-defined, and
want to further our explorations. These bitter, sometimes self-loathing
posts are like the guy at the party who needs to make sure that when he
isn't having fun, no one else is, either. They are juvenile and self-
centered no matter how loquacious and "intelligent".
-Ed
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