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What's also interesting, beyond the idea that we're internet citizens (and not just American, btw), is that we switch between cultures. A lot of people on HN ar
by user24 16y ago
What's also interesting, beyond the idea that we're internet citizens (and not just American, btw), is that we switch between cultures. A lot of people on HN are also active on reddit, and were on digg before that. And while it's true that you drift between your favourite communities, you also change your attitude dependent on which one you happen to be visiting.
I could change tabs over to reddit in a moment and post in a pun thread, or head over to twitter and #stickto140.
So not only are we netizens, but we're also often multi-nationality netizens.
- elblanco 16y agoIt reminds me that it's an echo of the old cyber-punk concept of corporate countries. In Snow Crash, "Mr. Lee's Greater Hong Kong" and "Narcolumbia" represents franchised corporate/country soil entities one can slip into and out of as needed, and might be interspersed throughout a geographic region like McDonald's and Burger King. It's an interesting idea where the aspect of national membership is decoupled from identity. I think you're closer to how it actually works though, where people assume different identities depending on their virtual national membership.
- notahacker 16y agoWe make similar "cultural" switches when associating with different groups of people in real life. The conversations I have with family, diffrent groups of friends, coworkers and clients will have completely different tones and references, even if the context is the same (eg bumping into them in a supermarket) Some of the inside jokes I have with some of my friends make reddit memes seem like incisive, original wit by comparison...