Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site u1100a.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!pyuxww!u1100a!sdo From: sdo@u1100a.UUCP (Scott Orshan) Newsgroups: net.flame,net.news,net.misc Subject: Flaming being studied at CMU Message-ID: <737@u1100a.UUCP> Date: Tue, 2-Oct-84 13:46:42 EDT Article-I.D.: u1100a.737 Posted: Tue Oct 2 13:46:42 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Oct-84 20:13:45 EDT Organization: Bell Communications Research, Piscataway, NJ Lines: 27 [Warning - if you are reading this in net.flame - there is no flame here.] There is an interesting article in today's science section of the New York Times entitled, "Emotional Outbursts Punctuate Conversations by Computer," by Erik Eckholm. I'm not going to type in the entire article, but here is the first paragraph: "Computer buffs call it 'flaming.' Now scientists are documenting and trying to explain the surprising prevalence of rudeness, profanity, exultation and other emotional outbursts by people when they carry on discussions via computer." The study was done by behavioral scientists at Carnegie-Mellon University. Most libraries should have the N.Y. Times on file. (Unfortunately, based on some of the questions and discussions on the net, most readers don't know what a library is. Hey, that sounded like a flame. I guess I lied.) -- Scott Orshan Bell Communications Research 201-981-3064 {ihnp4,allegra,pyuxww}!u1100a!sdo