• Itā€™s common for people to say to things, ā€œIf I put it out of sight, Iā€™ve forgotten it exists.
  • Whether what we donā€™t continue to observe continues to exist while we donā€™t observe it.
    • Logically, they think they exist, but in reality they often feel they donā€™t.
  • The same applies to others.
    • While not meeting or communicating online, there is no sense of the other personā€™s presence.
    • Not all of them, it varies from person to person.
    • First-time visitors become non-existent as soon as they leave.
    • By meeting repeatedly, I gradually come to realize that this person exists even when I am not looking.
  • People who frequently disseminate information online are more likely to substantiate it because they ā€œseeā€ it frequently
    • However, since it is recognized by social networking icons, if it is not a real person, it is like ā€œI donā€™t remember the actual face, but I have the feeling that it existsā€.
  • The reason we donā€™t talk to other people online as often is because we donā€™t really feel like they are real in the first place.
    • DMing someone when they donā€™t exist is a meaningless act like talking to a void.
    • So many transmissions are in the form of writing and posting in a place that can be read later, this is a style of communication that does not identify the recipient.
  • The reason we donā€™t feel much of a sense of community is because we donā€™t have a sense of existence for its members in the first place.
    • A community is only viable if its members feel that they have an ongoing presence.
    • On the other hand, during the execution of the project, there is close communication, so there is a real sense that the other party is real.
    • Close communication is maintained while playing Murder Mystery, so there is a real sense that the other party is real.

Past Discussions - Community as a bundle of projects - There are two societies.

A related old article was unearthed. - Purpose-driven project teams emerge from the alumni community - Where individual recognition is possible. - Interesting perspective on whether individual recognition / ID is possible - There are about eight of us in play at Murder Mystery, so we have individual recognition. - I participated once in a Murder Mystery with about 30 people, which I find difficult because of the lack of individual recognition. - Itā€™s like dissolving a project and the members dissolve into a sea of about 100 million unidentified individuals.


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