Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better.
When you send a message to a newsgroup or a mailing list , you are sending your words into a large and open forum. An awareness of this will help you avoid making a public faux-pas. Sometimes a person will post a general question and ask for a private response. If you only want to reply to that person, do not post to the list, mail a reply directly to the party you wish to communicate with. The same holds true if you notice that Kathy J. posted to the usenet group rec.arts.theatre.musicals.