Power & Limits in Online Communities

★ Spotlighted from kelly mackin

“ok im here”

★ Spotlighted from kelly mackin

“You are one of those people to me rebecca and jordan.”

★ Spotlighted from kelly mackin

“YES jordan, it is our collective consciousness for now isnt it?”

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

“<-- here and not here at the same time.”

★ Spotlighted from kelly mackin

“LOL robin shes one I am glad to have the internet for as well.”

★ Spotlighted from kelly mackin

“yes, and to share knowledge, and feelings.”

★ Spotlighted from kelly mackin

“harder for feelings cuz its all texts but it can be done.”

★ Spotlighted from kelly mackin

“I would like to think I am an open book online and off.”

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

“i am a science fiction novel”

★ Spotlighted from kelly mackin

“I have to admit, i was totally against facebook and twitter, all of it really. back then i was afraid of the nsa.”

★ Spotlighted from kelly mackin

“I have some good ideas and they could use it for bad.”

★ Spotlighted from kelly mackin

“now I hope they see me, i want that, maybe they will learn something.”

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

“i'm a terrible liar.”

★ Spotlighted from kelly mackin

“YES”

★ Spotlighted from kelly mackin

“OHH made it look like i agreed with robin being a lair LOL”

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

“what? i said TERRIBLE LIAR. jeepers! = P”

★ Spotlighted from Becca Gambs

“<<Late to the party. ;) Anyone use ICQ?”

★ Spotlighted from ross dittman

“"There's no such thing as brutal honesty. You know what's brutal? Lying." -Patrice Oneal”

★ Spotlighted from ross dittman

“Patrice was brilliant.”

★ Spotlighted from kelly mackin

“nice comment ross”

★ Spotlighted from ross dittman

“Thanks Kelly”

★ Spotlighted from Becca Gambs

“I think online communities allow me to speak freely with other like minded people without having to constantly defend and explain myself. Its also a limitation because you can learn a lot from ppeople who are different from you.”

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

“all of them, Jordan”

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

“actually, i am not extremely good at knowing if someone is lying.”

★ Spotlighted from Becca Gambs

“ICQ was the first online instant messenger i ever used. fun times.”

★ Spotlighted from ross dittman

“I saw the first episode of Cosmos with Neil tyson. Brilliant.”

★ Spotlighted from kelly mackin

“OHH”

★ Spotlighted from Becca Gambs

“We are stardust, we are golden!”

★ Spotlighted from kelly mackin

“we are more then jut stardust, it also needs a vibrational frequency.”

★ Spotlighted from kelly mackin

“it would not come together without sound”

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

“good Good! GOOD!! good vibrations!”

★ Spotlighted from kelly mackin

“kids are my best teachers, so free of dogma.”

★ Spotlighted from Becca Gambs

“love kids!”

★ Spotlighted from kelly mackin

“I learned my own spirituality from a 14 year old.”

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

“go for a walk with a child and see the world anew”

★ Spotlighted from kelly mackin

“interesting ross, never thought of that, and nor would i have unless i was here, right now.”

★ Spotlighted from ross dittman

“Thanks. Learned that from martial arts.”

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

“wonderful and inspiring subjects, jordan and rebecca”

★ Spotlighted from kelly mackin

“ahhh yes i agree joprdan.”

★ Spotlighted from Becca Gambs

“It'd be a more powerful community if it were offline, don't you think?”

★ Spotlighted from Becca Gambs

“I dont either :)”

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

“me neither. i don't know any people in the flesh. = D”

★ Spotlighted from kelly mackin

“I am testing cuz i dont know either.”

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

“fer shur, rick”

★ Spotlighted from kelly mackin

“I took a test, it said i was a hybred.”

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

“<- extreme introvert.”

★ Spotlighted from kelly mackin

“I am both introvert and extrovert.”

★ Spotlighted from ross dittman

“I'm very introverted.”

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

“i prefer the sober online one”

★ Spotlighted from kelly mackin

“I would say, I am possible of anything. LOL rick vroom vroom.”

★ Spotlighted from ross dittman

“I like it when funny people, like Louis CK are drunk and online.”

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

“"my" theory is that introverts are more into deeper communication, not so much small talk.”

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

“agreed jordan”

★ Spotlighted from Becca Gambs

“I probaby lean introvert”

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

“i hate to leave my house = D”

★ Spotlighted from kelly mackin

“THATS why i have so much energy all the time. ok makes sense.”

★ Spotlighted from kelly mackin

“I silence my mind ross, If i ask a question, existence answers.”

★ Spotlighted from Becca Gambs

“But I have to get out in the "real world" too”

★ Spotlighted from ross dittman

“Oh. Cool.”

★ Spotlighted from kelly mackin

“I dont think on it.”

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

“its hard to get out in the real world.”

★ Spotlighted from Becca Gambs

“do you think you can have an online relationship as meaningful as an in-person one”

★ Spotlighted from kelly mackin

“but your mind is awesome robin\”

★ Spotlighted from kelly mackin

“i cannot share a hug, and that is a sharing of emotions that online will never be able to replicate. well maybe not never but not now.”

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

“right on rebecca”

★ Spotlighted from ross dittman

“93% of human communication is body language, and tone of voice, so I don't think so. But it's a great way to share ideas.”

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

“true enough kelly”

★ Spotlighted from Becca Gambs

“Jordan, I do not doubt you can have meaningful relationships. But I think there is a limit that an in-person relationship can surpass”

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

“"Expansive Thought Exchange" my favorite activity”

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

“as far as i know”

★ Spotlighted from kelly mackin

“I know i have started a book of robin lol”

★ Spotlighted from ross dittman

“Sure Kelly.”

★ Spotlighted from kelly mackin

“right on ross”

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

“go for it jordan”

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

“as long as you engage in some with me. = D”

★ Spotlighted from kelly mackin

“I think, its upto the person themselves, as long as we do not force anything, it will happen naturally.”

★ Spotlighted from Becca Gambs

“We connect more and more online and less and less in real life.”

★ Spotlighted from kelly mackin

“hippocrit me LOL”

★ Spotlighted from kelly mackin

“hmmmm interseting question jordan”

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

“not permanently, jordan”

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

“i have experienced some.... intense bonding which excludes others for some time. but not forever.”

★ Spotlighted from kelly mackin

“pure intentions juxtaposed will set to loves souls in motion.”

★ Spotlighted from kelly mackin

“That is not mine it is from tool.”

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

“the screen behaving non-linearly is quite disruptive to coherent communication. =/”

★ Spotlighted from kelly mackin

“it might be harder if we have to many people. it would only work if everyone would respect each other enough to not interrupt.”

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

“in larger groups of tawkers, i get lost and don't say anything. for me, the personal dynamics here is highly conducive to communication”

★ Spotlighted from kelly mackin

“I know jordan me as well. but i am getting better i realize they listen better if i give them their time.”

★ Spotlighted from Becca Gambs

“I like the idea of the "stars" just going over onto the stage instead of to the top of the comments”

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

“we could go on forever! into the wee hours! maybe”

★ Spotlighted from kelly mackin

“nice risk totaly agree.”

★ Spotlighted from Becca Gambs

“That sounds fun and awkward lol”

★ Spotlighted from kelly mackin

“thats why we interupt, we are thinking of what to say.”

★ Spotlighted from ross dittman

“Trying to come up with a good comeback usually isn't as fun as letting it come naturally.”

★ Spotlighted from kelly mackin

“introverts and your alcohol LMAO.”

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

“then you get to have a great laugh in the middle of the night, jordan”

★ Spotlighted from ross dittman

“Living in the moment can help with that.”

★ Spotlighted from kelly mackin

“OK, i am going to leave a little early, my dad is having fun without me, i need to join in. good tawk everyone, really enjoyed you all, see you again soon.”

★ Spotlighted from kelly mackin

“bye everyone :) love ya all.”

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

“certainly then, rebecca, they are aspects of yourself.”

★ Spotlighted from ross dittman

“"True friends stab you in the front" Oscar Wilde.”

★ Spotlighted from Becca Gambs

“Reality is perception. If Jordan thinks you are that, to him you are that!”

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

“only if you want it to be, i meant all the wonderful things about wylde.”

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

“ahhhh the delights of the digital lag.”

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

“yes we are!”

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

“and how is your energy, jordan? mine is low.”

★ Spotlighted from Becca Gambs

“better than nothin ;P”

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

“one heckuva lot, rebecca”

★ Spotlighted from ross dittman

“It helped me meet all of you cool people.”

★ Spotlighted from Becca Gambs

“Ciao~”

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

“thank you too!”

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

“yeah. mind boggling, sortof”

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

“have a great night, jordan”

★ Spotlighted from ross dittman

“Great tawk. Goodnight and good luck.”

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

“yay! yes”