Posted by Jane D on June 22, 2001, at 23:55:04
In reply to Re: anti-drug comments, posted by Dr. Bob on June 21, 2001, at 7:49:56
> If a benefactor wants to step forward, that would be great, but although it would be a change, and maybe even a sad one, it wouldn't necessarily make it less special, would it?
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> Bob
No. Not less special. Just not public any longer. One of the great things, I guess you could call it a bonus, is that you have this great site and in addition to being great it is equally open to everybody.I'm one of those that regrets that the internet is getting increasingly closed. The decline of usenet is too bad. High quality free content is being overshadowed by commercial. Some of these changes are economic but I think some is that people just like to segregate themselves. Professionals have taken themselves off to private lists and sites. Every diagnosis now has a group of its own. Sometimes 2 or 3 so that people who disagree on approaches don't need to be aggravated by each other. People who can pay will group together based on how much they can pay and how much convenience they want and then what is left?
Sorry for the rambling complaints. All that any of this really has to do with this site is that this site is one of the ideal examples of what could be.
Jane
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