Re: Virtual communities on ABC

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On Fri, 10 Dec 1993, David Heller wrote:

> Did anyone catch the clip on Primetime, on ABC lastnight that talked
> about Virtual Communities?
>
> Any comments on it...
> I'd like to see other people's thoughts on the episode b4 I throw my own in..
>

Hi dave...

i have only one very brief, doubtless feverish, comment. the phrse virtual
community is obviously a qaulified one. Calling anthro-l a virtual
community rather than a community is distinguishing it in some way. I have
spent the last several years talking with some anthros doing e-net
research and to date none have been able to explain what exactly a virtual
community is, as over against say a real community.

maybe you have spin on this. mine is that while e-net communities are
interesting, they are not any more nor less virtual than any other
community i would care to define.

any thinks???

dgl

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