There is nothing unique about this community. Just about any special interest group acts the same way. If I join an owners club for my car, install some customisation and take it to rallys, I would find exactly the same sort of community.
But if I break down one day and expect someone to help me just because they have the same model of car, it just isn't going to happen. The person I stop isn't a member of my community just because they have the same sort of car. Community membership involves a willingness to learn and put the work in. I suppose it feels good to help someone improve themselves, so people will do it. It feels crap to slave away for someone who doesn't know what you are doing and cares less, so people will not do it. Also, in a community like this, you can assume that the person asking for the help today is willing to be giving it tomorrow. There is a totally different feel in an interchange of information that grows the community, from a tech-support situation that leaches off it. Other similar communities I have known: Amateur Radio Model-making Computer clubs in the early 80's <OT>There are many models of how this works. Universal egosim is one of them, probably not a very useful one. But this is not the place to discuss it. Feel free to mail me directly.</OT> -- Richard Urwin, Private Confirmed as a crazy system administrator (NAG p348) ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs SkyScan service. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit http://www.messagelabs.com ________________________________________________________________________
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