Will communities survive?
Topic 6 · 10 responses · archived october 2000
~terry
Sun, Jun 22, 1997 (22:37)
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In a shock to the world, Howard Rheingold announced a few days ago
that the Electric Minds Community may not be able to continue. This imminent pontential darkening of Electric Minds would be a tragic blow on the world of online virtual communities. Howard is the mother of all virtual communites.
I, personally, hope Howard can pull this out of the fire.
This topic is for ongoing updates of the status of Electric Minds.
~q7z4tp
Mon, Jun 23, 1997 (03:08)
#1
are we about to witness the demise of a grass-roots many-to-many open internet to a corporatist sponsor-driven monopolist-media model a la couch-potatoe passive consumer? Is this another story of a new technology like radio being an *empowering* medium f
or the masses, to be co-opted and cannibalized by the Corporate monster? Are the bean-counters and suits finally destroying any meaningful world of mind-to-mind unmediated communication? If the possible demise of electric minds is the thin end of this Or
ellian free-market wedge, then God help us all!
~maddog
Mon, Jun 23, 1997 (07:58)
#2
nice post plato...
gawd, I hope the hell not
eminds has changed my life for the better, but my two index fingers shudder at the thought of having to keep in touch with all those folks by email!
besides, I would miss getting to do really weird stuff like this:
~maddog
Mon, Jun 23, 1997 (08:01)
#3
well not that actually - I can make broken graphics links anywhere...
hahahahaha
let's see what did I do wrong - oh {{duh}} worldpath.nothin - dwee!
one more try then:
~maddog
Mon, Jun 23, 1997 (08:03)
#4
so, how would I scribble that bad one?
~maddog
Mon, Jun 23, 1997 (08:05)
#5
nice post plato...
gawd, I hope the hell not
eminds has changed my life for the better, but my two index fingers shudder at the thought of having to keep in touch with all those folks by email!
besides, I would miss getting to do really weird stuff like this:
~terry
Mon, Jun 23, 1997 (08:40)
#6
You're so good a wierd stuff, I think you should give Uncle Scoopy a run for the money.
~maddog
Mon, Jun 23, 1997 (09:38)
#7
weird is my middle name!
~maddog
Mon, Jun 23, 1997 (09:39)
#8
seeya!
~drymartini
Mon, Jun 23, 1997 (19:23)
#9
Still checking this place out a little more. Terry ordered tapioca pudding, or else a bland topic. How about one called Bland Ambition? Then we get Al Gore to host it?
~terry
Mon, Jun 23, 1997 (20:00)
#10
Good idea, I like Al.