From May 27th to June 1st, I hosted a "Cyberspace Masquerade". I created a forum which would only be active for one week, then locked at the end of the party. Participants were asked to come "in disguise", meaning that they should pick a new username and avatar which their friends wouldn't recognize. A variety of topics and issues were discussed under the veil of pseudonymity.

I intended the psuedonymity as a means of separating people from their social networks and facilitating some really honest communication. People who previously did not get along were able to enjoy conversing with one another. There was no time for a culture to form, only a melting pot of anonymous ideas.

With just a couple of weeks to publicize this, approximately 200 individuals took place in the Masquerade, with an extremely active core of 40-50.

I am in the process of assembling a book composed of various material posted at the Masquerade. Though the material will be distributed for free in .pdf form, this volume, titled the Et Cetera Discordia, will be for sale within the month.