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Weblogs as community ("the art of connecting real people in virtual places")
" ... make it a community. What was needed, was a way to connect all these disparate sites and give their users a way to talk back. ... the power of microcontent to promote connection on the web. ... people talking about their lives and interests ... and we have a web of connections between them. ... to achieve a real community feel ... let the readers of each site talk back."
" ... all the pieces of a virtual community: ... users who have the tools to use their voice in a public and immediate way, forming [renewing?] intimate relationships over time ... further evolution of this idea is group weblogs, where multiple authors are brought together to post on the same site, unified by a common interest [or shared experience?] ... "
" ... multitude of separate sites. ... this multitude that gives the weblog community model its strength. Because each user has control over their own piece of the community landscape, they feel a powerful ownership of their space ... In this way, it's the same as a real life neighborhood – each participant has their own space, their home, where they can feel safe, yet they are also a part of a larger community, the neighborhood."
" ... the future of online community – a future where everyone has a home of their own, a place where they have control, a private space in an ever-more-complicated virtual community sphere." ... [more]
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