"Every Home Is Wired":
3 -- Endnotes
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19 Of the 2647 threads in rec.music.progressive and the 1627 in alt.music.yes, only 255 were crossposted. <
20 While apparently a Yes fan -- "The Ancient" is a piece from Tales from Topographic Oceans --, THEE ANCIENT gained notoriety by posting in a badly distorted form of 16th century English which especially included misused forms of the second-person singular pronoun 'thou', as his very name demonstrates (see Appendix A.2). <
21 Their self-esteem will profit even more from starting such debates, rather than following another poster's lead. <
22 In the thread "The Anti-Prog", for example (comparing the importance of Yes and King Crimson), Henry Potts's well-known preference for Yes is criticised by other conversants without inciting a flamewar -- see Appendix A.2. <
23 This is a particularly well-developed feature of CMC, aided by technical features of participation: the quoting of previous articles in replies, and an ability to re-read preceding posts, and to move or crosspost threads elsewhere. <

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