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The construction of any community follows any good movie plot line. We build up anticipation1, get some exposition2, have some great action sequences3, plateau a bit4, climax5 and then gradually falls apart. If the Phoenix metro community was a trilogy, it would be the Matrix.
We are supposed to get better. We are supposed to all hang out more. We are supposed to overcome our differences.
But we aren’t. In fact, I don’t think most of us like each other all that much. Problem is that we pretend to. As many would agree, that doesn’t matter in the long run, but it’s tough to get excited about hanging out with people you a) are bored with or b) can’t be honest with.
The solution is simple: it’s time to branch out. It’s time to take the philosophies that social media has enabled so many of us to live by and apply them to more people. It’s not enough to be on Twitter. It’s not enough to be on Facebook. It means you have to share. Not share like Mark Zuckerberg wants you to, but share in a way that we all can learn from.
No more tech-only events where only the geeks are invited. No more meetups organized solely via Twitter. No more Facebook-only campaigns. No more relying on a few scant people to come up with all the ideas.
If you want fresh ideas, you have to go where they exist.
And that’s outside.
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01.14.10
I really like this post. Your perspective is definitely needed in the social media universe. Community is definitely fickle, and I think that's something that social media has both hurt AND helped. It just depends on the type of people using it. Ultimately, we are all people sitting behind those typed words and profiles.
Great post!
01.14.10
Thanks! I'm hoping we take what we learn from the inclusiveness of social media and use that with people who aren't familiar with it. We can and will be the open, happy, pot-smoking hippies of this generation (well, without the pot).
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