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Hi Carlos, You said: > If I want to follow a discussion about, say, panties, why should I care > about a discussion about neckties? > If you place them in the same drawer, that's your prerogative. > Not imposing it on others is being nice to other people. > > I think this is an important point. Many people complain of issues "going off topic." So as you say, how does one know whether something has gone off topic? Whose "ontology" has precedence? Jenny Preece's "empathic communities" article suggests that email lists become communities when conversations develop around whatever the original post was about. Best, Jonathan -- Jonathan Bishop BSc(Hons), MSc, MScEcon, LLM FRSS, FRAI, FRSA, FCLIP, FBCS CITP Author of over 75 research publications. Editor of Examining the Concepts, Issues and Implications of Internet Trolling, Transforming Politics and Policy in the Digital Age, and Gamification for Human Factors Integration: Social, Educational and Psychological Issues Envoyé par mon ordinateur ----------------------------------------------------------------- PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design -----------------------------------------------------------------