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Thinking about community.
Wondering how much stable co-location is a requirement (online communities are hard to build a full social life around)
Thinking about ways economic factors can fuck with co-location (e.g. unrest or pandemic causing people to flee urban areas)
Wondering how much stable co-location is a requirement (online communities are hard to build a full social life around)
Thinking about ways economic factors can fuck with co-location (e.g. unrest or pandemic causing people to flee urban areas)
Wondering if community always takes location as a major input.
Wondering how important shared physical spaces are (e.g. a meeting place). Might seem clearly important, but w some social things there are so many factors, it can hard to know what is central and what& #39;s peripheral.
Wondering how important shared physical spaces are (e.g. a meeting place). Might seem clearly important, but w some social things there are so many factors, it can hard to know what is central and what& #39;s peripheral.
Should clarify my terms - am not trying to say that online communities aren& #39;t & #39;real communities& #39; or something.
But there& #39;s a parameter like & #39;depth of the community life& #39;, which seem much easier to nail w physical co-location. Helps things like romantic relationships arise
But there& #39;s a parameter like & #39;depth of the community life& #39;, which seem much easier to nail w physical co-location. Helps things like romantic relationships arise
Only noting romantic relationships bc if we& #39;re talking about community stability, ideally over years, we want to account for the kinds of things that affect the reasons ppl come/go. People shift their whole lives around romantic considerations, e.g. traveling for a partner& #39;s job.
Which brings back the economic factor. People (in what seems to be my peer group) spend such short amts of time in jobs! Switching every 1-3 years or whatever. Working at the same company for a decade sounds insane, let alone longer. But job change is disruptive - not just to you
Would like to know what leads to strong vs weak community ties. Strong vs weak relationships which take ‘the community‘ as a substantive input - rather than strong relationships which don’t additionally strengthen the community.
I swear I need to read the Torah or something
I swear I need to read the Torah or something
Lots of things to figure out re ideological vs non-ideological communities. I’ve been a part of both. Many coordination benefits to ideology, but it can embed social issues as people come together for big picture reasons & don’t necessarily click as ppl.
Stability risks/benefits
Stability risks/benefits
