Vertical communities

Early internet activity was characterized by large-scale, distributed online communities: mailing lists, online forums, membership groups. These communities operated as a cluster of villages, each with its own culture, history, and norms. Social platforms brought all these communities to one place and smashed them together like Play-Doh. In doing s

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While country clubs are out of reach to most people, the internet (being the great equalizer that it is) has enabled many kinds of affordable yet valuable communities to spring up.