tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post5841122528908759985..comments2023-12-18T07:59:16.525-05:00Comments on Hats and Rabbits: HypercommunityChris Matarazzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17885109959459471509noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post-66483170441477009492014-12-03T10:16:46.171-05:002014-12-03T10:16:46.171-05:00That might be a good sign... Maybe everyone else i...That might be a good sign... Maybe everyone else is starting, either consciously or subconsciously, to get tired fo feeling like (as a famous hobbit once put it) "butter scraped over too much bread."Chris Matarazzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17885109959459471509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post-41875642915352978362014-12-02T17:51:51.742-05:002014-12-02T17:51:51.742-05:00I agree. It's so much easier to be part of a v...I agree. It's so much easier to be part of a virtual community of seemingly like-minded people, without having to go through the messy business of actually meeting them. But real communities are about being forced to find common cause with people who are superficially different, but actually share the same hopes and fears (I've cheated, by moving to a neighbourhood where nearly everyone seems to have the same level of education and shares a similar outlook). <br /><br />That said, there is a vast difference between the meaningful exchanges between bloggers and the pithy soundbites of Twitter. <br /><br />Apparently, recent research has claimed that many people are actually feeling more connected with their local area, as well as increasingly being part of global online communities, but they identify less with their respective nation states. Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.com