The Internet is adding on to community rather than destroying it. There were a huge number of people running around saying the sky was falling a few years ago. What we found is the sky isn't falling, that life is going on and quite happily.

Barry Wellman

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There has been a growing realization the Internet is not this strange beast.

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This creates a new basis for community. Rather than relying on a single community for social support, individuals often must actively seek out a variety of appropriate people and resources for different situations.

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Our impression is that most online relationships have come from people who know each other in person. You can really maintain and nurture those relationships online.

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Our bodies still exist. We still have needs, strong needs, to see, touch and smell people.

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It's been great for the running community as a whole. We're getting so many more people participating who would never have thought about participating in a Mini.

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