I liked your interview with Marianne Williamson. May I translate it to Swedish and put it on my site?
— Gudrun Fleetwood (Uppsala, Sweden)

October 18, 1997

I haven't often written to complete strangers after reading something of theirs on the 'net. Although, come to think of it, as I've started thinking more and more about where all this technology fits into the concept of community, I find that I'm doing it more often. In any event, in case you couldn't yet tell, I just finished reading your "Civic Networks: Building Community on the Net" piece and want to say thanks — for the time and effort, but most of all the ideas and conundrums you brought forth. So, thanks for the zillions of ideas that are now churning in my head.
— Jennifer Hicks (Massachusetts)

August 28, 1997

I would like to use your essay on "Teledemocracy vs. Deliberative Democracy" as an exemplar for my graduate class in the Literature of Journalism at the University of South Carolina. You have combined the new and the classic in a powerful way. My students will be reading Milton's Areopagitica, Locke's Second Treatise on Government and Rousseau's Social Contract. I want them to write an essay discussing how the ideologies and philosophies of these thinkers will influence the development of Internet. While I know that they will not be able to achieve it, I would like to give them your essay as a high standard to try to reach. Thanks.
— Alan Fried (South Carolina)

August 23, 1997

I have been looking at your excellent review of the electronic democracy literature, dated from 1994. It is a tremendous assist to me, and I'll be quoting it in my work. My PhD topic concerns interactive technologies and democracy in the (government) workplace, and the literature on computer mediated communication deals with this to some extent. I also notice that Rob Kling's book on computerisation and controversy doesn't really deal with workplace democracy issues. I am wondering if you know of any substantial work relating to workplace electronic democracy and its connection with wider governmental processes dealing with the public.
— Karin Giselhart (Canberra, Australia)

July 3, 1997

Greetings. I've stumbled upon various articles and reviews of yours several times as I searched the net and have just found your homepage. Enjoyed almost all your work: what wonderful breadth. Most recently read your interview with Pico Iyer whose essays in TIME I've been searching out for years. Thank you for your writing.
— Maya (Nova Scotia, Canada)

June 1, 1997

Scott, I retrieved your paper at www.pin.org and wish to ask if you have updated this publication or if you have another paper. My passion is knowledge sharing in virtual communities so your article was of considerable interest. An aspect that I'm looking at right now is how to gauge the level of trust in a community. Any ideas you may have to share on ways to measure or speed attaining trust would be greatfully received. Regards.
— D. Grey (Indianapolis, Indiana)

May 24, 1997

Great Reading! I am currently taking a graduate course at Golden Gate University in San Francisco named "Being Wired/Being Human." We have been speaking about online communities and your writings were very helpful and informative. Thanks!
— Francisco J. Loza (San Francisco, California)

April 12, 1997

Having recently discovered your homepage, I've greatly enjoyed its offerings, particularly the interviews. I've been living in the Philippines for the past eight months on a reporting fellowship from the Henry Luce Foundation (sending "18 young Americans to Asia every year in different professions to promote understanding across cultures" — it seems a bit hokey, but it's been an incredible experience that makes me want to question what I want to be when I "grow up."), and desperately miss my NPR and the like (yours falling in the "like" category). Looking forward to continued readings from your corner.
— Aparna Mukherjee (Philippines)

March 29, 1997

I've just read your article "Civic Networks: Building Community on the Net". Well done! It mirrors my own experience and thinking very closely. I appreciate how you point out both the benefits and the pitfalls of online interaction. Such a thoughtful, balanced, and realistic viewpoint is hard to find. Most writing about this subject tends to be either uniformly positive or uniformly negative.
— David Wolley (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

January 11, 1997

Scott, thanks for the comments on my "CyberSociety" review and my web site. I've just started browsing your site, which also has some great stuff in it!
— Danny Yee, www.dannyreviews.com (Sydney, Australia)