Day 5: We get noticed

Although today there were 3 postings in the class folder, they were all positive towards our cause. Lauren wrote in asking about us. In answer, we will rebegin our postings to the conference on Wednesday, November 8. Later in the day, Cory wrote into the folder to comment on how barren it was without the One Week of Silence contributors. Finally, a slanderous and incorrect email came from Megan. She described the One Week of Silence's purpose as:

"...to prove that noone uses this folder without them."

Completely false. Our purpose is to show that without the random or useless messages they call spam, there is nothing in the conference. Again we were shocked to learn of Megan's incorrect views when she commented:

"...Once people realize there wont be anymore 'nonsense' [in the class folder] they'll use the folder again."

Garbage. People only contribute when they see others contributing. Not just a few people were sending messages to the folder. Many people were, some who had never posted before. That is because they felt safe with the barrage of emails entering the conference. Without these emails, it is akward and lonely to write into the conference, discouraging discussion. That's what they want--to discourage discussion. And that is part of what we are fighting.

New conference messages today: 3