Re: Unethical groups?
Re: Unethical groups?
- Subject: Re: Unethical groups?
- From: Doan Stafford <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 23:50:21 -0700
Hey everybody,
Unlike my other two posts, I won't respond to a wall of quotes, but
just offer two thoughts:
(1) For me, the legitimacy of my MUG is paramount, that it behaves in
an above-the-board manner, and is considered a serious and respected
organization, by Apple, 3rd-party companies, our presenters, members,
etc.
For awhile (many years ago), I think Mac/computer user groups were
seen, both by 3rd-party software companies and other Mac/computer
users, as places/hotbeds to get free/pirated software.
To counter that, in our group's nine years, we have yet to publicly
present/promote file-sharing options like Napster, Audiogalaxy,
LimeWire, etc., even though our members may know about them or use them.
For me, I visit SpyMac for its galleries. Nowhere else online (that
I know) is there such an active community of people posting new
pictures everyday. I find that very interesting and entertaining.
I also like that SpyMac lists on its main page a section about rumors
from other sites, which helps me decide if I want to visit them or not,
so it's sort of a mini-portal, but not a major-portal like
MacRumors.com.
So to me, SpyMac is more a gallery site than a rumors site, but to
me, it is still a *website*, and I can't/don't really see it as a "user
group," official or otherwise.
The potential nerve that this touches w/ me (and maybe w/ Yan) is,
does this strengthen the legitimacy of "user groups" as we all work so
hard to establish/maintain? For me, I don't see that answer as being
yes.
(2) In response to:
> However, every group at one time or another has fed on a rumor.
I would have to definitely respectfully disagree, based on (1). I
would also definitely encourage people to only speak for themselves or
their groups, and to not generalize/project to everyone who may be
their peers.
Sincerely,
Doan Thiel Stafford *
http://www.qmug.org * (323) 222-QMUG/7684
Co-Chair -- QMUG/LA * email@hidden * (323) 860-7346 fax
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