No bother at all. My suggestion, if you're looking for discussion, is to click on the "Talk" tab - that will, at first, take you to a massive page that has posts from every group from here to kingdom come. You can limit which ones show up by clicking on the "my groups" or "my posts" links along the left-hand side. It's up to you whether to actually join any groups or not. There are ba-jillions of groups here, and it can be hard to know which ones to join right off the bat. Also, you can choose to "watch" a group rather than join it, so that group's posts will still show up on your "my groups" talk page, but it won't be listed as one of your groups on your profile. Most groups will allow you to post to their threads even if you're not a member.

Many of the more specific ones are, as you noticed, pretty quiet. I actually have probably close to 100 different groups on my "watchlist" - so they show up on my talk page, but not on my profile. Best bet if you're looking for specific topics is to browse the groups page - but as I said, there's a lot there. Specifically, re: political groups, the most active one I enjoy is the "Pro and Con" group. Sometimes it can get out of hand and I get irked with it, but they also get some pretty good discussions going there sometimes.

That's a whole lot, I know. LT is organized very differently from most social networking sites, so it can take some time to get situated, but once you do you'll never leave (bwahahahahaha)...

Let me know if you have more questions, I'm happy to help get someone else addicted ;)

skrevet af philosojerk kl. 6:39 pm (EST) den Dec 12, 2007

Ack! I didn't mean anything so mean as either of those... Only that I got a good chuckle when I saw the "Go read Locke!" comment show up in my "Reviewed by Others" column, not least of all because I'd take Locke over Rousseau any day of the week.

(Although on a more serious note, just as you can see shades of socialism seeping into Rousseau's contract theory, you can likewise see Locke's desire to protect his status as a landed aristocrat in his own... but I'll save that for another day.)

Anyway, welcome to LT!

Cheers,
Dani

skrevet af philosojerk kl. 5:40 pm (EST) den Dec 12, 2007

I had to come by and check out your library after seeing your comment, "Read Locke instead!" in your review of On the Social Contract. Thanks for that, I can always use a laugh in the morning!

skrevet af philosojerk kl. 9:15 am (EST) den Dec 12, 2007