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feeds@yuku.com (CinniLuWho) — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:17:50 GMT

amm is found thru Google - alt.music.monkees

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feeds@yuku.com (MonkeeLove) — Wed, 07 May 2008 11:57:36 GMT

I don't know what amm is but I am glad I don't. LOL Stay here where it is friendly. =)

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feeds@yuku.com (CinniLuWho) — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:27:19 GMT

To be fair to AMM, it wasn't all bad. Yes, it had MORE than it's fair share of trolls and flamers, but some of the "conversations" there left me in stitches on a regular basis.

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feeds@yuku.com (ConceptualRealist) — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:29:13 GMT

Reading AMM archives and some other message boards (over on IMDB) makes me appreciate that respect for others is demanded on this site. It's nice to post on a board where I don't have to worry that I'll get called a few unsavory names.

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feeds@yuku.com (marnweb) — Tue, 06 May 2008 18:16:09 GMT

This example is probably typical, people fighting with one another online.

I think the anonymity makes some people out there get nasty and trollish online, because they *assume* they are anonymous when going online and visiting websites and posting, this and that. The thing is in nearly all cases, they are not anonymous and can be traced down. The ones who know how to go online and visit places anonymously are few and far in between. I know ML has to...

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feeds@yuku.com (rvm67) — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:19:34 GMT

Just as was said then - I can remember people saying that there were no restrictions by the govt or just about anyone else that were placed on the web as far as interactions with people - and then boom! It took off like wildfire. This example is probably typical, people fighting with one another online. I'm glad to see Monkeeland is just not that way.

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feeds@yuku.com (ConceptualRealist) — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:32:04 GMT

When I read the archives, it seemed like there were some very mean people posting. I pretty much came away with the feeling that Peter Tork was the devil incarnate and so were all his supporters. At least, that's the way his non-supporters portrayed them. Of course, I know that's not true. The people on this board are great.

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feeds@yuku.com (25or6to4) — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:18:55 GMT

marnweb wrote:
There was a time it was awful, lots of fighting between fans. It is all archived, so one can go read it, and that and other places online about the Monkees prompted Lucy to create Monkeeland, because other message boards and places were full of trolls.

You ain't kiddin'. When I was posting there, the two big factions were the Davy only fans and the...

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feeds@yuku.com (marnweb) — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:36:26 GMT

So it used to be different in the 90's? I mean for e-mail groups and message boards, blogs, etc.

Right, Rachael. As the numbers of people who went online grew like crazy during the late 90s and into the early 00s, so did creating websites, and developing message boards, and later blogs. Also, webhosting itself got cheaper and cheaper, so more people took it on to create websites, along with the growth of people going online. AMM was THE place for Monkees back...

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feeds@yuku.com (rvm67) — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:22:44 GMT

....So it used to be different in the 90's? I mean for e-mail groups and message boards, blogs, etc. It was different than now? Hmm, probably because by the millenium to be online has exploded than at first? More places, more options a person has?

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feeds@yuku.com (ConceptualRealist) — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:47:27 GMT

That explains why there hasn't been too much posted in recent years. I'd say the message boards I visit are much better. I also understand why Peter said in an interview that he hated AMM. I think I'll avoid those pages from now on.

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feeds@yuku.com (marnweb) — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:14:53 GMT

AMM is on the Usenet and the Usenet itself is very outdated (it was all the rage in the 90s, but beyond that time, usage has largely tappered off). People post on web message boards and blogs now instead of posting on the Usenet which is well over 25 years old. And Shane is right, anyone can post there, there is no moderation for most groups. Some people are just "trolling" - posting garbage in essence to get a response because they want attention for whatever reason. I quit using...

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feeds@yuku.com (25or6to4) — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:26:46 GMT

Granted, it's been a long time since I've hung out at AMM, but as far as that newsgroup goes...and really, all of Usenet in general, you have to take a lot of what is posted worth a grain of salt. Newsgroups, being the cyberspace equivalent to the lawless "Wild, Wild West" if you will, draws a lot of would-be trollers and spammers. A lot of these people are out to get a rise out of somebody just for the "fun of it". That isn't to say that there aren't a lot...

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feeds@yuku.com (ConceptualRealist) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:18:51 GMT

I'm not trying to get into personal topics about Peter but, how much of that stuff on AMM should I take seriously? I just started reading some of that stuff recently and found it very disturbing where Peter is concerned. My own opinion is that there are some very mean & negative people who post on that site, who have nothing important to say. I guess I'm hoping for validation of that. Again, I'm not asking that any particular rumors be commented on. I'm just wondering...