week 11 - reading assignment 12

read an article and respond with three questions.

Howard Rheingold readings
Life on the Electronic Frontier
Howard Rheingold's Virtual Communities

1. As I did not read Howard Rheingold's book, the review was very very hard to follow. Why were we asked to read an article that spends its time discussing points that it expects its reader to be familiar with when, odds are, none of us are familiar with it?
2. In the earlier days of The Well, did you (Rheingold) ever find out that those who you were interacting with were presenting themselves as a falsified identity? Or did this not evolve until later?
3. What is your (Rheingold's) opinion on the loss of patience some say is being developed in younger generations because of the internet? Do you believe that an online community forum is to blame for the trend of short term and distracted attention?