even on the internet, public image is paramount

[kidinthehall]

I'm taking an online course and part of our grade is based on posting on a Discussion Board. It's pretty much the same as any other internet forum: people start threads and then other people reply to them. I've noticed that the Professor teaching the class has made many replies to threads asking provoking questions and NO ONE has responded to any

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[2dumb4politics]

Also some of the things my fellow students have posted have made me think "ARE YOU SERIOUS?!? CAN YOU NOT READ?!?!"

Just imagine how he feels as the moderator- I wonder how many posts he's deleted.