"In cyberspace, we chat and argue, engage in intellectual intercourse, perform acts of commerce, exchange knowledge, share emotional support, make plans, brainstorm, gossip, fall in love, find friends and lose them, play gaames, flirt,..."
After reading this part, i realized that I could say, technology and internet ( specially Facebook) helped me sustain some of the communities that I was part of before and join new communities! It also helped me to keep in touch with my friends in Iran and still be a part of their community and help them in anyway possible, also join new groups in United States and help them achieve their goals!
This question might come up that, is it really a community if you are not able to see the participants and go out with them in "Real Life" to get to know them a little better? which I think internet has an answer for that too, or atleast the first part. As you all know, there is something called Skype, that let you see the person and chat with them. It is helpful in so many ways, like businesses and some long distance relationships. It help save money, which you would use to travel to that country or reduce the amount of traveling/visiting, while keeping you uptodate about what is going on.
So I think it is very important to have the " Real Life" community and be able to participate in an online community.
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