I’m a geek.
I’m a dancer.
I’m a princess.
I’m a tease.
I’m a lover.
I’m a fighter.
“I’m a little bit of everything, all rolled into one…So take me as I am.”(Meredith Brooks, “Bitch”)
Meredith Brooks knew what she was talking about when she sang her song .
The human psyche is not simple black and white. There are many shades of gray.
“Everybody’s got their something,” (Nikki Costa) and everybody wants to be acknowledged for it.
Internet communities are a prime opportunity for people in this new social networking and isolated world to find others to belong to.
In a world that’s rapidly becoming more and more technology dependant and isolated, the human populous is finding it harder and harder to find others to connect to. Internet communities provide such connections.
Charles Leadbetter on Internet Communites
-Watch from 1:20 to 2:18
We, as animals, need the comfort and security that a community brings. However, humans this day and age are increasingly more reliant on technology and less interested in synchronous communication.
So how do we find that connection to others ?
There are millions upon millions of communities out there. Some as big as Facebook or Myspace in which friends can connect and some as small as reptilegeeks in which only a niche community of reptile lovers are part of, including myself.
With the help of online communities it is easier to feel connected and loved by those with similar interests, and that, my fellow humans, is something we all are looking for.
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