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jjinde

Has the virtual community shredded the community culture?

Sep 02, 2009 14:03

I regularly podcast Studio 360 on NPR. I think that it is a great program. Studio 360 has brought me to all sorts of cultural "tidbits" that I never would have heard of had I not listened. Last week I was listening to an interview with George Dawes Green about his new book. You can hear it here. I must say that I have never read any of Mr. ( Read more... )

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Great Article gaylejack September 4 2009, 22:45:25 UTC

Thanks for finally letting the world know what a great mind you have by blogging! I so agree with you. Since the incept of the Internet, there has been "isolationist" ramblings...but like you I believe social networking forms new communites--worldwide communities that never existed before. Instead of being "just Dallasites, just Texans, just Americans" we can now be worldwide community members. I'm such a Pollyanna (and you're right, you're far from Boo Radley, though he was a nice guy) I still believe we can teach the world to sing in perfect harmony...Ha, did I just show my age? Thanks for the great posters for my daughter...care package being gathered as we speak! Can't wait to read your next entry!

gayle

tardisgrl September 4 2009, 23:21:38 UTC

Wow--once you got going you had so much to say. And you said it so eloquently! I'd add that I think the demise of traditional communities was under way long before the advent of online communities. Sometimes I think being online reminds us how to be neighborly as we take care what we say to others and rember that the whole world might be reading.

Nice post! vidabatine September 5 2009, 01:05:57 UTC

Hello fellow hermit! Great post. Look forward to more! Another friend's blog to add to Google Reader.

Thanks! jjinde September 5 2009, 03:42:54 UTC

Gosh thanks a lot guys! I'm glad to know that I was able to get out what I was trying to say. I tend to get a little lost in this head of mine.

I'll try to think of things to write about more often. I haven't posted since Feb. although it looks like Sam posted one from the lj app on my phone when I was not looking. D'oh!

I can't promise that I'll have interesting things to say, but with encouragement like this, I shall try!