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Despite my love for higher level discourse, both YouTube and Digg are doing fine without it. You don't die when the average vocal user is rude online. That's al
by ivankirigin 18y ago
Despite my love for higher level discourse, both YouTube and Digg are doing fine without it. You don't die when the average vocal user is rude online. That's almost the definition of mainstream.
- froo 18y agoThat's exactly right. Look at World of Warcraft (WOW) vs most other mmog's, the language used by an average WOW user is much more coarse, yet WOW decimates other mmo's for subscription rates.
- stcredzero 18y agoI think this says something significant about our "society." I think this reveals where our notion of community has gone.
- ivankirigin 18y agoOnline communities are nothing like the still vibrant IRL communities. The best of both worlds is when they intersect.