tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364145.post8251390085693584586..comments2020-04-12T01:49:17.894-05:00Comments on LIS 640: Digital divides & differences: The Porn IdentityGreg Downeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09154543464555817869noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364145.post-30934096449420749972009-03-24T09:53:00.000-05:002009-03-24T09:53:00.000-05:00I'd be leery of overgeneralizing a lot of the comm...I'd be leery of overgeneralizing a lot of the comments made in that article. (For one thing, I really don't think you can ever generalize from anything involving porn.) There's a broad range of online communities, just like there are offline; some groups of people you get closer to than others.Jen Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16853480790121832119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364145.post-43634970916982303172009-03-22T18:16:00.000-05:002009-03-22T18:16:00.000-05:00I thought this was really interesting. I especial...I thought this was really interesting. I especially liked what was said at the end: "this idea of a cyber community which is ultimately a partial community because at the end of the day we cherry pick our connections and don’t have any real responsibilities to each other online. So it becomes disembodied entertainment — other people’s lives, our own lives, all of it flowing together in a kind of pretense of revelation and caring and community."<BR/><BR/>I've often thought this way about online "communities"--I thought this statement was well-put, and an important point to make.ashley b.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05668343555438371366noreply@blogger.com