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Re: Constructive Conversation - Part II
The conversation about the nature of conversation is similar to the conversation about the nature of online communities. Is community more than a gathering of people around a common interest? If so, then what is it? If not, then for what reason will someone willingly sacrifice for the good of the community? How we describe these concepts determines the value and viability of them for us. Yet, the measure isn't our description, but the impact. Define the impact of conversation. What changes? Who is affected? Define the impact of online community? What changes? Who is affected? We live in such a "lex-haunted" world that we often fail to ask the most simple question of the effect or consequences of our words. I'd like to know how you two guys would apply your conceptions of conversations to politics today. What would change? What would be different? How would we know? There are responses to this message:
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