After reading this article, being as I live in Southern California, you are pretty separated from everyone else. Everyone mills about doing their own private thing. Even people who come from other parts of the country are suprised at how segregated everyone is, and I don't mean in a race way, but just in a private way. Althrough I do find comfort in the church I volunteer tech services at regularly, and have for 10+ years now. That is also a family to me, with people I meet and know. So I get my social interaction, besides here and on the net, there, and that;s where most of my friends reside, with a few from college and work. Just my $0.02.
Very good article!
And it has something true for me. Since i started reading/posting here I moved 4 times to a new neighbourhood and I never really have the time to talk to my neighbours. But here are still the same people around and I feel kinda at home here (to some degree :D )
Originally Posted by Tulatin I would worry about the "Mr. Rogers" of the neighborhood. He was a little TOO nice, almost like he was hiding something...
Like all the tatoos on the real Mr. Rogers. :D
The internet is great for keeping in contact with friends, when everyone goes away for school you can still talk even though we only see each other every once in a while.
All I can say is absolutly. I'm much more connected to my Bit-Tech neighbors than I am to my actual ones. Before Bit it was a chat room on Yahoo. I've just always found virtual communities more interesting than the real ones.
I think we're starting to see some bleed-over though. I knew several couples in the chat room that met there, I met my oldest friend there, who I finally met in person two years ago (she lives in Australia), and one of my G/Fs coworkers met her significant other playing WoW. He moved to Washington from Alabama and they now live together.
Another great thing about this sort of neighborhood is that you can take it with you. When I was in Mississippi with FEMA for three months last year, many on bit never knew I wasn't at home. I was still able to be a part of the conversations even though I was sitting in a motel room in Meridian MS.
Personally, I find this a community much more to my liking. Happy Monday, neighbors.
Good article, i don't find it to be much like the article though, australians love barbeques, beer and cricket so being 20 it is one big happy family for now.
Even having just joined up here on the bit-tech forums I'd say I've gotten to know the social workings of this forum/community better than my own neighborhood, lol, and frankly everyone here talks about more interesting things than most people in real life.
It's also neat to think you're replying/talking to people from another continent or from just a few miles away, such as Chtippo posting above this, is only 100-200 miles away from myself
Originally Posted by moimit Good article, i don't find it to be much like the article though, australians love barbeques, beer and cricket so being 20 it is one big happy family for now.
3-0 soon to be 5-0.
Do the yanks have cricket?
Not really. The only time I ave ever seen anyone play corcket in the US was in LA last year, and then it was Indian expats playing. We perfer games we can actually figure out the rules to :p
Originally Posted by moimit Good article, i don't find it to be much like the article though, australians love barbeques, beer and cricket so being 20 it is one big happy family for now.
3-0 soon to be 5-0.
Do the yanks have cricket?
No they don't and they don't have football either... :D
Originally Posted by The Article Nearly 30,000 people join in the conversation - the size of a small town.
Hey, I live in a city with a population of ~41000
Anyways, great article as always.
I know about the same amount of people by screenName on Bit as I do in real life.
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Nice read, I'd say I've never met about half of my friends...
happy holiday to y'all folks too!
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I'm Dave, I've been reading bit-tech for for a year or two now but havent posted much in the forums. Hope to get posting more in the future!
Hope you all have a happy holiday & new year
Just think about that.....
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;)
Since watching a specific episode of robot chicken or family guy i forget which has given me a whole new outlook on mr rogers :)
I would just like to say i have enjoyed my time here at bit-tech and hopefully that will continue until my heart stops going thump thump, thump thump.
Merry Christmas all! 4 days and counting...
And it has something true for me. Since i started reading/posting here I moved 4 times to a new neighbourhood and I never really have the time to talk to my neighbours. But here are still the same people around and I feel kinda at home here (to some degree :D )
Thanks guys and a Marry Xmas everyone!
P.S We need a Xmas smiley!
The internet is great for keeping in contact with friends, when everyone goes away for school you can still talk even though we only see each other every once in a while.
Merry Christmas and what not.
I think we're starting to see some bleed-over though. I knew several couples in the chat room that met there, I met my oldest friend there, who I finally met in person two years ago (she lives in Australia), and one of my G/Fs coworkers met her significant other playing WoW. He moved to Washington from Alabama and they now live together.
Another great thing about this sort of neighborhood is that you can take it with you. When I was in Mississippi with FEMA for three months last year, many on bit never knew I wasn't at home. I was still able to be a part of the conversations even though I was sitting in a motel room in Meridian MS.
Personally, I find this a community much more to my liking. Happy Monday, neighbors.
3-0 soon to be 5-0.
Do the yanks have cricket?
It's also neat to think you're replying/talking to people from another continent or from just a few miles away, such as Chtippo posting above this, is only 100-200 miles away from myself
Not really. The only time I ave ever seen anyone play corcket in the US was in LA last year, and then it was Indian expats playing. We perfer games we can actually figure out the rules to :p
Generic, Southern WA?
@moimit, there are a couple rugby teams that I've seem if that's anything of use
No they don't and they don't have football either... :D
& Hi D4v3
Anyways, great article as always.
I know about the same amount of people by screenName on Bit as I do in real life.