"Just about everything I've done online has been a failure since 1994 when I first plugged in a modem. The RIME Monty Python conference, ILink writers conference, alt.fan.furry, FurryMUCK, misc.writing, Cafe Utne, Electric Minds, The Cartoon Bar palace server, The WELL... I'm a social outcast and a pariah. Shunned."

There are always those like him in online communities. What do we do with them. Shun? They are hard to ignore.

(Throws up hands)