Resurrecting a Dying Art Internet/Weblog Culture5/2/2000; 10:57:47 PM Feb 22, 2000: "In fact, the chaos of the bulletin board and the chat room can have a profoundly negative effect upon the overall quality of conversation, a new study concludes. But when the talk moves into a less freewheeling environment, the level of the debate seems to improve. . . Unlike the dissonant interaction of public bulletin boards and chats, Reality Check tried to create online spaces where the participants have a sense of ownership and belonging."Sound familiar? This describes the ETP community to a T. We each have our own space. We are not anonymous. Quality runs high among those who actually try. If you find ETP an interesting community effort, you should read that whole article; it has a lot that is relevent. ETP is a distributed community, and that may be something fairly new. "Distributed community"... now there's a phrase that needs explaining.