Comments on: On “PepsiGate” and #Sbfail

By: Thank you! « A Blog Around The Clock

Thank you! « A Blog Around The Clock — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:44:15 +0000

[...] Pamela Ronald, Ian Brooks, Jason Goldman, John McKay, Kristjan Wager, John Wilkins, John Lynch (more), Prof-like Substance, Grant Jacobs, Kent, Brian Krueger, gfish, Richard Gayle, Chad Orzel, Anna [...]

By: afarensis, FCD

afarensis, FCD — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:01:19 +0000

I somehow or another lost mine. It is a great picture.

By: John M. Lynch

John M. Lynch — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 04:49:25 +0000

agreed.

By: razib

razib — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 04:41:45 +0000

also, re: “community,” there were intense arguments about the fixation on atheism and politics and such as early as 2006, and whether it was healthy or not. but they were arguments about substance and real differences of opinion. we didn’t take it as a matter of a lack of character, just difference of opinion.

By: razib

razib — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:38:16 +0000

i have the original too.

By: John M. Lynch

John M. Lynch — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:20:49 +0000

Yeah. I still have the original they sent me in my den. A snapshot in time indeed.

By: razib

razib — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:19:17 +0000

btw john, i love the photo. it does capture a particular moment in time. for the community, and our individual lives.

By: razib

razib — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:18:57 +0000

lol. yeah, i was thinking the same thing. communities evolve. at least we experienced it. there’s more living to be done.

By: John M. Lynch

John M. Lynch — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:12:31 +0000

We’re like a bunch of old timers on a porch

By: afarensis, FCD

afarensis, FCD — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:34:15 +0000

razib : back when people were sharing a lot in 2006-2007 i remember one thread where ed did share something poignant about his personal history. that was when we felt safe to share things without being judged. i agree with john’s overall point. ed brayton kept to himself in general. but i think it is interesting that even he was “sucked into the community” at its peak of activity and maximal group comfort level.

I think at that point we were all working towards a common goal and that goal outweighed whatever differences there were between us.

By: razib

razib — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:55:43 +0000

back when people were sharing a lot in 2006-2007 i remember one thread where ed did share something poignant about his personal history. that was when we felt safe to share things without being judged. i agree with john’s overall point. ed brayton kept to himself in general. but i think it is interesting that even he was “sucked into the community” at its peak of activity and maximal group comfort level.

By: Mike Dunford

Mike Dunford — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:08:16 +0000

razib : ed was on the back channel in early 2006. mostly tech stuff. guess he’s allergic to drama.

He's an intelligent man.

By: Notes for the day « DrugMonkey

Notes for the day « DrugMonkey — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:59:46 +0000

[...] Wilkins and Lynch are still grinding their axes of disgruntlement. A year later? Dudes, get a [...]

By: John M. Lynch

John M. Lynch — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:10:01 +0000

Yeah. I forgot that. *Very* early 2006. But that was well before the drama(s) broke out.

By: razib

razib — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:56:50 +0000

ed was on the back channel in early 2006. mostly tech stuff. guess he’s allergic to drama.