Topic 48 of 100: Leaving the WELL
Thu, Sep 24, 1998 (15:07) |
Ray Lopez (ratthing)
for those of you who are on the WELL or have been on the WELL,
i have a question:
have you considered leaving? or
why did you leave?
i have been on the well for about 2 years now, and my general
impression is that it is the most dysfunctional online
community i have ever been associated with. there is a long
history on the WELL, lots of members, and lots of different
topics with lots of posts. however, new users like myself
really have no chance of ever being part of the community over
there. there are a lot of complex reasons for this that i am
still trying to sort out, but the bottom line seems to be that
the WELL is full of a lot of brilliant assholes who are very
good at various forms of intellectual one-upmanship.
thus, someone like me is left to do nothing but read other peoples
posts. that is not what i wanted out of the WELL, and I do not
have the time to spend reading and not getting involved.
so i am considering leaving. the only problem with that is that
the WELL is just so darn cool, and i like being able to tell
people that i go there every day and hang out on-line.
anyway, i would like to hear comments, pro or con, for leaving
the WELL and maybe just spending more time here!
21 responses total.
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Response 1 of 21: Riette Walton (riette) * Fri, Sep 25, 1998 (01:17) * 1 lines
Well, Ray, if they're a bunch of intellectuals they almost certainly don't listen to each other either - too keen to impress with knowledge. But I've never been there.
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Response 2 of 21: Riette Walton (riette) * Fri, Sep 25, 1998 (01:18) * 1 lines
Could you put in a URL, so I can go check it out?
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Response 3 of 21: Ray Lopez (ratthing) * Fri, Sep 25, 1998 (01:38) * 6 lines
the WeLL is not free, it costs between $10 - $15 a month. the URL is
http://www.well.com
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Response 4 of 21: well (terry) * Fri, Sep 25, 1998 (07:59) * 4 lines
I used to be on the WELL but since the Spring has gotten rolling more, I don't find I have much time for it. Cliff Figallo, who was an early director of the WELL, was a neighbor of mine in Bolinas and I was on the very first WELL when Matthew McClure (mmc@well.com) was running it. This was in the pre-cyberspace era when everyone dialed in and when I had an Apple //e with a modem. Back then, I was writing reviews for the Whole Earth Software Review. Cliff (fig@well.com) is with Salon now and I don't se
him on the WELL much anymore.
As we get up a full head of steam here, we may get others drifting over.
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Response 5 of 21: Ray Lopez (ratthing) * Fri, Sep 25, 1998 (10:23) * 5 lines
terry, one of the primary reasons i am considering leaving is that
i know that you were one of the original wellites, yet you
don't spend a lot of time there anymore.
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Response 6 of 21: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Fri, Sep 25, 1998 (12:52) * 1 lines
Hey, Ray, drugs are cool too! Are you on those? Oh, and driving fast cars, like uh, a Chevelle or a Porsche! Got one of those? I think it is infinitely cooler to say, "I used to subscribe to the WELL, but with all the BS going on there, it's just not the cool, edgy place it used to be. Now I hang at the Spring." :-)
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Response 7 of 21: Ray Lopez (ratthing) * Fri, Sep 25, 1998 (13:19) * 1 lines
very good point.
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Response 8 of 21: Riette Walton (riette) * Sat, Sep 26, 1998 (00:45) * 1 lines
ha-ha!!!
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Response 9 of 21: Mike Griggs (mikeg) * Mon, Sep 28, 1998 (12:34) * 4 lines
Yup, I've got an account. No, I don't ever use it. It's the second time I've had one, and again I'm thinking of cancelling it.
There just seems to be something....rotten about the place. Like all of the utopianism and hope has collapsed into cynicism and back-biting. *BUT* you do get a cool e-mail address :-)
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Response 10 of 21: Riette Walton (riette) * Tue, Sep 29, 1998 (01:20) * 2 lines
well.com
is cool? Boy, these English people are crazy!
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Response 11 of 21: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Wed, Sep 30, 1998 (22:07) * 1 lines
Tell me about it! Cool just isn't what it used to be.
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Response 12 of 21: Riette Walton (riette) * Thu, Oct 1, 1998 (01:24) * 1 lines
ha-ha! I know! Cool is in fact sort of uncool nowadays, isn't it?
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Response 13 of 21: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Thu, Oct 1, 1998 (13:54) * 1 lines
EXACTLY.
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Response 14 of 21: Riette Walton (riette) * Fri, Oct 2, 1998 (05:20) * 1 lines
ha-ha!
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Response 15 of 21: Mike Griggs (mikeg) * Wed, Oct 21, 1998 (13:55) * 17 lines
Hello,
Thank you for your email. We are sorry to see you leave The WELL
community. We have canceled your account as you have requested. Your
account will remain active until Nov. 5, which is the last day of your
present billing cycle. Feel free to use The WELL until this date without
fear of additional charges.
In the future, if you wish to re-join The WELL, just go to our Web Page at
www.well.com. If you have any questions, you can email us at
helpdesk@well.com. Thank you for your business and we hope to see you
soon.
Kathy
WELL Helpdesk
helpdesk@well.com
(415) 332-9200
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Response 16 of 21: Mike Griggs (mikeg) * Wed, Oct 21, 1998 (13:56) * 1 lines
That's it - WELL account cancelled.
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Response 17 of 21: Ray Lopez (ratthing) * Wed, Oct 21, 1998 (21:11) * 5 lines
mikeg! way to go! i still have mine, but havent logged on in a few days.
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Response 18 of 21: Riette Walton (riette) * Thu, Oct 22, 1998 (03:53) * 1 lines
well WELL!
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Response 19 of 21: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Thu, Oct 22, 1998 (22:15) * 1 lines
Uh-oh, Mike has suddenly lost some of his cache, don't you think? He used to be so cool. :-)
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Response 20 of 21: Riette Walton (riette) * Fri, Oct 23, 1998 (01:28) * 3 lines
Yeah, so edgy!
Now he's only hip and wicked.
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Response 21 of 21: Mike Griggs (mikeg) * Sun, Oct 25, 1998 (00:25) * 5 lines
*laffs*
I realised that I paid for something that I never logged in to, and even when I did I didn't like - that for me equals cancel. ANyway, I'm still cool and edgy until November 5th., which when my account runs out :)
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