>>>FWIW, the difference still exists today. It's obviously a cultural thing, but you just don't see the same kind of behavior on the CompuServe Fox forum that you do here.
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>>Hmmm interesting to read that. And to that I could'nt begin to explain the reasons. Perhaps Compuserve is more expensive so people behave.
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>>This could be compared to restaurants. When you go to a fancy place, Macdonald for example, you make efforts to look good.
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>Actually, registration and access to the CS forums is free.

So what could the reason be then? There as to be a logical explanation to this difference in behaviour.