blast from the past… Noreascon 3 Convention Report

Noreascon 3 Convention Report:

(nothing much here except a little egoboo, and a placeholder for me to find this more easily later. I was off looking for something else, and ran into Evelyn’s Noreascon 3 (1989) Worldcon report. Has it really been that long?

As a side thought, perhaps this is a bit of foreshadowing for future posts…..)


This success has not been without its drawbacks. It is generally agreed (by
the panelists, and just about anyone else you ask) that the volume has
increased faster than the content. “Flame wars” abound (several academic
studies have been done on “electronic flaming,” or insulting via electronic
bulletins boards and/or mail). As Chuq said, “The computer flame war is a fine
art. I have been practicing it for many years…. The best way to react is
silence.” Or to quote from WarGames, “The only way to win is not to
play.”

The proposal was made that electronic bulletin boards in general and Usenet in
particular need a “farm team” structure to solve the problem of uneducated
users swamping the system with such postings as, “Has anyone ever read any
Heinlein?” or “What time does the SF Bookstore close today?” As Chuq put it,
“Usenet is 100,000 people running an apa.” The results are what you would
expect. Chuq’s response, of course, was to go off and found OtherRealms,
which started as a strictly electronic fanzine, and later switched to producing
hard-copy as well. Since he (and it) were nominated for Hugos this year, one
can’t say nothing good has come out of the system.

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