Lisa spends a lot of time on ActiveWorlds, but that's because she's in a relatively isolated location and not in a position to meet up with friends that often. It doesn't mean she's allergic to conventions or meeting people in person. Indeed, when friends of hers from AW were in Sparks last year for the big Street Vibrations event, we went in to have brunch with them. We were hoping to visit another one of her online friends while in Las Vegas, but the friend's in-laws showed up out of the blue and put paid to Lisa's friend having the time to visit.
It is indeed bemusing to watch people reinvent the wheel. I don't actively want them to fail, but I don't see how they're likely to succeed without falling victim to one of a whole group of difficulties WSFS and Worldcon have wrestled with. I suspect that they're likely to have a small, close group that actually makes the rules, with people outside the group resenting that the "insiders" make the rules without even the potential safety valve that WSFS rules-making, difficult as it is, provides.
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Date: 2013-09-11 05:44 pm (UTC)It is indeed bemusing to watch people reinvent the wheel. I don't actively want them to fail, but I don't see how they're likely to succeed without falling victim to one of a whole group of difficulties WSFS and Worldcon have wrestled with. I suspect that they're likely to have a small, close group that actually makes the rules, with people outside the group resenting that the "insiders" make the rules without even the potential safety valve that WSFS rules-making, difficult as it is, provides.