Essay 2-Blog 1

For the second essay, I decided to observe a Usenet group that was dedicated to the New York Knicks. I found this through google groups and it's called alt.sports.basketball.pro.ny-knicks. I observed that most of the posts were about the NY Knicks, although there was some spam about celebrities and nudity. There was some debate between whether or not the Knicks made a good trade. Most of the replies were in favor for the trade, but the debate really was about whether Patrick Ewing Jr was any good. There seems to be some dominate people in the Usenet Group, including Dan Gater, Doctor Chen, Frank Rizzo and CaptnO. It also seems to be dominated by males. Doctor Chen seems to use profanity and be somewhat confrontational. It seems he likes to push people's buttons. Dan Gator seems to be comical and CaptnO and Frank Rizzo just like to put their two senses in. It's fun reading all of these people's replies and agreeing and disagreeing with them. At one point one person made a reference to Doctor Chen actually really being a doctor. They didnt think he was because of his "bedside manner."