What makes up a community? I had to internet my friend Google/Wikipedia for this one, LOL.
“The term community has two distinct meanings:
• a group of interacting people, possibly living in close proximity, and often refers to a group that shares some common values, and is attributed with social cohesion within a shared geographical location, generally in social units larger than a household. The word can also refer to the national community or international community, and
• in biology, a community is a group of interacting living organisms sharing a populated environment.
In human communities, intent, belief, resources, preferences, needs, risks, and a number of other conditions may be present and common, affecting the identity of the participants and their degree of cohesiveness.
In sociology, the concept of community has led to significant debate, and sociologists are yet to reach agreement on a definition of the term. There were ninety-four discrete definitions of the term by the mid-1950s.
Since the advent of the Internet, the concept of community no longer has geographical limitations, as people can now virtually gather in an online community and share common interests regardless of physical location.”
My discussion would be the latter of Wiki’s definition. We’ve been talking about “community” in class, and there seems to be some debate about it. Is it really a community when you interact with groups of people who share a common interest online? What about community property that is created in a virtual world, can that property be claimed as real property?
The reality of all of this is, YES!!! You do belong to a community when you interact online. It can be your social, professional, gaming, etc. networks. There doesn’t necessarily need to be a direct exchange of money to claim things as real property, but the time spent and indirect exchange of currency makes things real property.
Can you imagine making something in the virtual world that has a high demand/use for people and later selling it for cash because someone wants to buy it from you? That, my friend, is considered real estate with no physical properties. Legal system, watch out…"