https://develop.consumerium.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Virtual_communityVirtual community - Revision history2026-05-09T10:43:27ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.6https://develop.consumerium.org/w/index.php?title=Virtual_community&diff=13874&oldid=prev142.177.81.103 at 20:53, 25 November 20032003-11-25T20:53:51Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A '''virtual community''' is a bunch of geeks trying to pretend they are a community, but really just taking advantage of flaws in [[social software]] to give themselves a more important position than they can get in real life. If you call [[Consumerium]] by this name, you can expect people to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">throw </del>you <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">off</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A '''virtual <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">community''' or '''online </ins>community''' is a bunch of geeks trying to pretend they are a community, but really just taking advantage of flaws in [[social software]] to give themselves a more important position than they can get in real life. If you call [[Consumerium]] by this name, you can expect people to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">make life nastier than it otherwise had to be.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>A '''virtual community''' is a bunch of geeks trying to pretend they are a community, but really just taking advantage of flaws in [[social software]] to give themselves a more important position than they can get in real life. If you call [[Consumerium]] by this name, you can expect people to throw you off.</div>142.177.104.35