[MUD-Dev] Semi Graphical Muds

[the_logos at www.achaea.com]

On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, J C Lawrence wrote:

> On Fri, 16 Feb 2001 05:44:27 +0000 (GMT) 
> the logos <the_logos at www.achaea.com> wrote:
 
>> I don't buy that. A community is more than just the viral spread of
>> information. Me going to Pakistan and talking about how we live in
>> Mill Valley does not make anyone I've talked to a part of the
>> community of Mill Valley (assuming there is one).
 
> If you speak persuasively enough the people in Pakistan will feel
> kinship with Mill Valley and thus a sense of shared community with
> the Mill Valley inhabitants.  This is of course a skill normally
> practiced by politicians and relief agencies.

I don't think that a feeling of kinship (particularly when it's only
one way) makes for a community.

--matt

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