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Online Communities Give Isolated, Lonely People a Feel of Community
i love this phrase that you've used when you've talked about the inner net as the great mutilator. And it's sort of like, on the one hand, these communities are giving people a sense of wholeness and a sense of meaning that they don't get in other places. But on the other hand, the condition of becoming a part of these online war bands or online communities is cutting off a part of who they are That's totally true. If you look at original tribal groups, you would quickly learn that initiation into the mysteries of the tribe usully come with some sort of mutilation.