What creates a community?
Sunday, April 21, 2002 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I hang out in lots of different places that have very different feels and attract different kinds of people.
Some places I hang out have people who have reached the consensus that "Warezing" is normal and fine whereas other places (like here) it's considered stealing plain and simple.
What creates such communities? I know the people who run sites that have people who seem to have no morals and they themselves are very moral, ethical people yet their sites are full of petty criminals.
What creates a net society of upstanding people? What creats a net society of people who are generally the same age despite having never met or usually devulged their ages?
Some places I hang out have people who have reached the consensus that "Warezing" is normal and fine whereas other places (like here) it's considered stealing plain and simple.
What creates such communities? I know the people who run sites that have people who seem to have no morals and they themselves are very moral, ethical people yet their sites are full of petty criminals.
What creates a net society of upstanding people? What creats a net society of people who are generally the same age despite having never met or usually devulged their ages?
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feline
Reply #23 Wednesday, April 24, 2002 12:04 PM
Reply #23 Wednesday, April 24, 2002 12:04 PM
humans tend to want company of other humans.
give them a place to gather and a reason to come, and a comunity is the expected result
beyond that, if you share enough common interests and values with the bulk of the others already there then it will be a nice place to stay.
as for crae, as memory serves (for things he has said) he doesnt run many (or any) stardock apps.
give them a place to gather and a reason to come, and a comunity is the expected result
beyond that, if you share enough common interests and values with the bulk of the others already there then it will be a nice place to stay.
as for crae, as memory serves (for things he has said) he doesnt run many (or any) stardock apps.
John Hamp
Reply #24 Wednesday, April 24, 2002 12:04 PM
Reply #24 Wednesday, April 24, 2002 12:04 PM
I lurk on a lot of sites. Betanews. Neowin. Deskmod. Deviantart. I only post here and betanews and rarely on betanews. Wanna know why? Because too many people on other sites behave terribly. Only deviantart rivals this site for not having any talk turned into a mindless pit of flames.
Doreen
Reply #25 Wednesday, April 24, 2002 12:43 PM
Reply #25 Wednesday, April 24, 2002 12:43 PM
hehe feline you been following my dutchy around?
and I think you're right I don't think he uses too many stardock apps either, but I happen to know of atleast (1) stardock app he may or maynot be using?
and I seriously doubt he paid for it
bad boy crae! bad bad! hehe
most the apps I have are from Devs that have asked me to help in GUI design or beta testing (why me I dunno I suck at this stuff big time) but anyways, they usually give me a free copy
however on my pocket pc I've only helped 2 devs so all the rest of my programs I've had to actually pay for (though ppc apps are much cheaper it still gets expensive 8 bucks here 11 there and so on)
I paid for my object desktop too, (I love it)
that's about it though I think hmmm
Doreen gots so much stuff on her machines I don't even know half the stuff I got!
and I think you're right I don't think he uses too many stardock apps either, but I happen to know of atleast (1) stardock app he may or maynot be using?
and I seriously doubt he paid for it
bad boy crae! bad bad! hehe
most the apps I have are from Devs that have asked me to help in GUI design or beta testing (why me I dunno I suck at this stuff big time) but anyways, they usually give me a free copy
however on my pocket pc I've only helped 2 devs so all the rest of my programs I've had to actually pay for (though ppc apps are much cheaper it still gets expensive 8 bucks here 11 there and so on)
I paid for my object desktop too, (I love it)
that's about it though I think hmmm
Doreen gots so much stuff on her machines I don't even know half the stuff I got!
feline
Reply #26 Thursday, April 25, 2002 10:53 AM
Reply #26 Thursday, April 25, 2002 10:53 AM
Doreen, i dont actually follow crae around. it could simply be that i spend to much time in the basement 
as for developers asking you to look at things, if you produce reasonable comments from the perspective of a user then this is probably just what they are looking for.
programmers tend to have different views on what users want to users themselves
as for developers asking you to look at things, if you produce reasonable comments from the perspective of a user then this is probably just what they are looking for.
programmers tend to have different views on what users want to users themselves
craeonics
Reply #27 Thursday, April 25, 2002 11:15 AM
Reply #27 Thursday, April 25, 2002 11:15 AM
Actually the only Stardock app is an old expired build of LogonStudio (or whatever it is called, all these Logon apps sound the same), which expired the first time I ran it... Grrrr...
As for that other app you're thinking about, no I haven't downloaded it. I only use skinnable apps if I have made a skin for them.
As for that other app you're thinking about, no I haven't downloaded it. I only use skinnable apps if I have made a skin for them.
Emily
Reply #28 Friday, April 26, 2002 11:50 PM
Reply #28 Friday, April 26, 2002 11:50 PM
I am acquiring MS WinXP within the next week I hope so I'll get a shot at it.
Speaking of ''communities'' I spent the better part of my free Saturday evening reading that customize.com idiocy. I cannot conclude what is worse; the users there or the administrators there.
Speaking of ''communities'' I spent the better part of my free Saturday evening reading that customize.com idiocy. I cannot conclude what is worse; the users there or the administrators there.
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Reply #21 Tuesday, April 23, 2002 2:52 PM
It was unbelievable how many times some idiot would offer him a toke out on the deck. My friend would shake his head and say "you do know what I do for a living don't you?". Such lame behavior would usually result in not being invited back to his next party.