Episode #63 – Post a Comment, just keep it civil.

Great podcast! It is an interesting topic, and one I have been thinking about for years since I used to be a regular poster on a number of message boards (many of them Rush or bootleg-collecting related). This of course was prior to the current wave of social networking sites (Facebook, Twitter, etc). Let’s just say there was definitely a display of bravado among some users, and it would make me laugh if there were a pic posted to their profile, allowing us to see what these people looked like. Of course, many times it would be some weeny kid, that if he weren’t protected by his keyboard and monitor “shield” as it were, he would get the living crap kicked out of him in “real life”.

My rule of thumb: never say anything online that you would not say to someone’s face.

Then there’s the whole concept of trolls, but that’s for another podcast I’m sure.