What is the Virtual Community?
It began with a "social experiment". A place where abstract discussions of Internet social interaction took on their own reality, shaping the place in their turn.I have been watching reactions now for...
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Gah! Too much to comment. I have to go in ten minutes, it's not even worth a try! But I'll be back.
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How about a community of colleagues? The connection is intellectual, rather than touchy-feely; however, the connection between reasoning minds, exploring each others' thought processes and...
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"Instead of a hug, we give a comment of "good point". The connection is at least as strong."I have never thought so...not even in the beginning. Nevertheless...for me, the benefits of this place...
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I have to approach this question from my own personal perspective: what's the difference between the Virt Comm and Starbucks. And I think you, Kyle, knew this months before I did - and you told me,...
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I'm curious, Kida. What do you feel is the difference between Starbucks and VC?The reason why people congregated at Starbucks to discuss the WTC attack? Some of it was because it was a place for...
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Mmm, that particular phrase is not normally intended as an "out". More curious still, considering the usual precision of its source.Some of what I see as tone difference ( not a value judgement)...
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Absolutely! And remember, that was one of my main argument for not banning Karash here.A side comment: internet has really its own laws. Here, Kyle, you are reacting to what has been said on this...
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Yes, been told before I have wicked cross-posting habit -- although not entirely from active threads, this time.Which has allowed a neat diversion away (but I did allow myself to be diverted) from the...
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What is the VC? Strange question...I was hoping it would never be asked.To me, the difference between the VC and Starbucks is that the VC has specific topic groups. Starbucks, on the other hand, is a...
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So, what's the VC?Metaphorically, I see it as a university amphithatre (I'm sure there is an english world for it) or classroom where a group of people meet regularly for... philosophy and political...
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Quote: I sometimes wonder whether I am the only person for whom the abstract holds an immediate reality.... I already mentioned the intellectual ressemblance, but I know one other person like that: my...
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Oh, and talking about abstract: this may a good definition for the VC too. To watch the "concrete" to discuss the abstract.
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I noticed how quiet these halls became after the attacks, but at the time (and still) that seemed perfectly natural to me, and I thought it would last a few weeks and then there'd be a flurry of...
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Oh, and I do think it's relevant that this discussion is happening here, in the Community Kitchen. I think we're still all tentative, and that there'll be a gradual gathering here, then a slow going...
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Kyle altis said -"I have been watching reactions now for nearly a year"taht was like just over a year ago so that'd be two years now?
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