you don't send me flowers anymore

Well. Where do we go from here?

For various reasons (possibly all of them engineered by Neurocam), the blogging operatives -- myself included -- have gone from babble to mumble to mute. Why? There seems to be this notion circulating that Neurocam operatives who operate under a strict policy of non-disclosure enjoy a "different" (implication: better) Cam experience.

Is this true? I don't know. Neurocam has gone on the record as preferring discretion from its operatives, and has progressively clarified its definition of "discretion" as leaks occur. I agree with others who have mused that these most recent assignments have been a test of the gaskets; a culling game. But was this strategy also intended to stifle all other manner of disclosure about the Cam?

Based on past conversation with Bridget Fischer, my guess is no. So I asked her. This is what she says:

I hereby inform you that your supposition that Neurocam does
not intend to fully suppress all discussion on operational matters is
correct.

Do operatives who maintain a verbal and written “silence” regarding their
Neurocam activities enjoy a different Neurocam experience?  They certainly
do. Does “different”, however, equal “better”?  Not necessarily.

I feel that Neurocam has been quite consistent in informing operatives as
to when and how operational matters may be discussed.  The varying secrecy
clauses contained within assignment briefs are written in a concise and
clear manner, but, it should be noted, refer only to the discussion of
that particular assignment.  Discussion on other matters is permitted and
encouraged, except in the instance where Neurocam has clearly expressed a
desire to the contrary.

Whilst on the matter of assignment secrecy, however, I would like to make
a point – Those operatives who claim to enjoy the Neurocam experience, but
then publish materials which the organization has requested be kept
confidential, only ruin the experience for other operatives and
themselves.

Despite some speculation to the contrary, Neurocam’s operations are, due
to necessity, increasing in complexity.  Whilst there is little harm in
the “leaks” which have occurred thus far, similar displays of indiscretion
could, during future assignments, have catastrophic repercussions.

I must stress, once again, that I refer only to materials which Neurocam
has expressly delineated as “classified”.

So there you have it. Next up: What the hell is Traverse? Still waiting for an answer to that one.

Comments

[Zephyrial]

*waits patiently for next mission* Wooh.

[teigan]

>Do operatives who maintain a verbal and written “silence”
>regarding their Neurocam activities enjoy a different
>Neurocam experience?  They certainly
>do. Does “different”, however, equal “better”?  Not necessarily.

Do I like the Cam's patented "we'll phrase the questions, and then answer them for you as though they were yours" style of responding to queries? I'm not sure that I do.

[Alex]

Its a good way of changing the question. Notice they are also saying they will be increasing the complexity of assignments. That will be nice, as the current assignment is hardly getting me "out of my mind". Hely is doing it instead ;)

[Simon Moon]

It is certainly difficult to keep up the rate we were once going at. At the start, we had a lot of information to find and sift through. While new things do continue to pop up (What is Circle Di Luce? Who is Jack Sampson?), we have exausted most sources. The only sources left are straight from THE source, and we often can't discuss the information gleaned there.

I do not think the Neurocam process is slowing down. Indeed, I think it is speeding up.

At the same time, the community of Neurocam bloggers sprang up around sharing of information. As we cannot share the information we are getting at this time, the community is suffering.

I do not know if this is something Neurocam is doing intentionally. I understand that Neurocam is working to stop the spread of certain information. I also understand that Neurocam allows (if not even encourages us) to share other information.

I wonder at our community. Will we spring back when we have a juicy morsel to work together on publically?

I also wonder at my fellow operatives. Am I wrong to assume that everyone else simply can't speak about what they have uncovered? Are people really just waiting patiently for their next mission?

But more importantly, are people becoming bored? I, for one, am not. But I have four months of work to do in two months to graduate in April, so who am I to complain that I'm not having to check everyone's blog thrice daily to keep updated?