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Community or internet "bar" scene?
5/2/2005 3:29 pm Last Read: |
I've only been a member for a few months, but have come to a couple of preliminary conclusions regarding this site and the "characters" here. I see ALT as a cozy bar, something along the line of Cheers. You have some "characters" who are central to the feeling of community. (Who wants to be Sam Malone? lol) These are the people who open bits of their lives to us, through their blogs, their advice, their publications. Most of them seem to be comfortable with their roles, offering support, advice and laughter where it is needed. These are the ones who give the continuity and substance that makes ALT feel like a community. Then you have the extras, the players who come and go. Here for one scene, gone in the next. Running through the site like a small kid in a candy store. Creating a ruckus (or not), leaving fingerprints all over, causing upheaval and not leaving anything of substance behind. It is much too easy to resent the characters who upset the carefully orchestrated balance. It is these same characters, however, who will sometimes ask the question that makes you think, or rethink, your stance on a subject. Does the occasional upheaval help us all to grow? |
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