Blogs and Community - launching a new paradigm for online community? at The Knowledge Tree - 0 views
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So my caution to all of us is to never ever mistake the platform for the community. It is what people do with each other using the tools that matters.
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Violeta Cautin on 10 Aug 08the community is us
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The key indicator for us is that community is present when individual and collective identity begins to be expressed; when we care about who said what, not just the what; when relationship is part of the dynamic and links are no longer the only currency of exchange (Packwood 2005).
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Because most blog communities are not bounded by a technological wall and have very permeable boundaries, they can grow far beyond the ability of a single individual to keep track of his or her network.
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