[thechat] Online community was: 2nd hard drive - jumper switches question
Tony Crockford
tonyc at boldfish.co.uk
Tue Jan 7 04:29:01 CST 2003
> Thanks again for the assistance! Ah, e-mail has certainly
> changed our lives
> -- I love being able to connect with people like this. I've tried to
> explain such things to people who've never experienced an
> online community
> like this and they just don't get it. Guess it's one of those
> things you
> have to experience to "get it."
>
> :-)
>
> Warmly,
> Shirley
+1 to that.
I think the lack of a vocabulary to describe what goes on is part of the
problem.
Trying to explain how you learned something new:
Me: "someone on one of my lists said...."
GF: "do you know them?"
Me:" we've never met, but we've talked a lot"
GF: "when did you talk? they're in America, that would cost a fortune!"
Me: "No, we've not actually talked, just had an email conversation..."
GF: "how can you have a conversation in email?"
Me " help! "
Perhaps we need to standardise "our" language, so the idea of an online
community is easier to grasp?
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