Zainab Bawa wrote, [on 6/6/2009 12:18 PM]: > I am trying to figure out what the term "communities" means in the > context of say groups like Facebook, Twitter, linux groups, open > source collectives, wikipedia users, etc.
In the online space, "community" is a much-overused, and hence devalued, term. It can mean any of a variety of things. > And how do these > "communities" intersect/diverge/complement/contradict with > "communities" such as rural citizens, urban neighbourhoods, slum > dwellings, squatter settlements, cities and nations?!?!?! In case you haven't read Howard Rheingold's _The Virtual Community_ before, I would like to pursue this discussion with you after you do: http://www.rheingold.com/vc/book/ > http://cis-india.org/research/cis-raw/histories-of-the-internet/transparency-and-politics Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
